Universal physical control plane

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9319337
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13756494

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A controller for generating universal physical control plane (UPCP) data for configuring a set of managed forwarding elements that forward data in a network is described. The controller includes a control module for converting logical control plane (LCP) data to logical forwarding plane (LFP) data. The controller includes a virtualization module for converting the LFP data to UPCP data. The UPCP data is for subsequent conversion into customized physical control plane (CPCP) data for each of the managed forwarding elements. The CPCP data directs the forwarding of data by the managed forwarding element.

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  • NICIRA, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Koponen, Teemu San Francisco, US 231 13790
Padmanabhan, Amar Menlo Park, US 43 1993
Thakkar, Pankaj Santa Clara, US 172 10798
Zhang, Ronghua San Jose, US 161 8874

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