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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2014
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Luyuan Fang, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Jeff Cox, Fall City, WA (US);
Nasser Elaawar, Seattle, WA (US);
Darren Loher, Kirkland, WA (US);
Edet Nkposong, Sammamish, WA (US);
Gary Ratterree, Sammamish, WA (US);
Fabio Chiussi, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various techniques for partitioning a computer network is disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, control plane functions (e.g., computation of network routes) and/or forwarding plane functions (e.g., routing, forwarding, switching) may be partitioned and performed individually on per domain basis based on (1) a network configuration of a particular domain (e.g., end points and/or lower-level domains in the particular domain); and (2) one or more higher-level domains connected to the particular domain in the hierarchy. Thus, a particular domain can manage various network operations of the domain without concerns regarding end points or network nodes in other domains of the hierarchy. Thus, network configuration and operation may be partitioned to reduce hardware costs and operational complexity even as the size of the overall computer networks increases.