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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventor:
Joseph John Tardo, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/823 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 47/2483 (2013.01); H04L 47/32 (2013.01); H04L 67/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for an OpenFlow hybrid architecture network device. In one embodiment, a hybrid approach is enabled by a network device that brackets an OpenFlow forwarding plane with conventional forwarding planes. Interfaces between the OpenFlow forwarding plane is provided via logical ports that pass packets along with associated metadata.