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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Avago Technologies General Ip (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Inventors:
Hamid Assarpour, Arlington, MA (US);
Nicholas Ilyadis, Merrimack, NH (US);
Ariel Hendel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/935 (2013.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 29/0653 (2013.01); H04L 41/5041 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04L 49/00 (2013.01); H04L 49/309 (2013.01);
Abstract
Service aware network devices coordinate function chains of virtual functions. The network devices are aware of which virtual functions exist and how to interconnect them in the most efficient manner and define and process service graphs that can be maintained, monitored and redirected. The network devices themselves implement and manage the service graphs, as opposed to the virtual servers that host the virtual functions.