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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 28, 2014
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Luyuan Fang, Holmdel, NJ (US);

Fabio Chiussi, Holmdel, NJ (US);

Vijay Gill, Bellevue, WA (US);

Deepak Bansal, Sammamish, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 41/082 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/16 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various techniques for virtual entity migration in a computer network is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an indication to migrate a virtual machine in a virtual network from an originating network node of the underlay network to a target network node of the underlay network. The method also includes establishing a network tunnel in the underlay network from the originating network node to the target network node in response to receiving the indication to migrate the virtual machine. The method further includes migrating the virtual machine from the originating network node to the target network node following the established network tunnel in the underlay network while maintaining an address of the migrated virtual machine in the virtual network.


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