Edge datapath using inter-process transports for higher network layers

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9979677
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14965655

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A novel design of a gateway that handles traffic in and out of a network by using a datapath daemon is provided. The datapath daemon is a run-to-completion process that performs various data-plane packet-processing operations at the edge of the network. The datapath daemon dispatches packets to other processes or processing threads outside of the daemon. Datapath operations at lower layers of the network protocol model are processed by the datapath daemon within its run-to-completion thread, while datapath operations at higher layers of the network protocol model are processed by data plane processes external to the datapath daemon.

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  • NICIRA, INC.

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Hong, Xinhua Milpitas, US 92 1645
Koponen, Teemu San Francisco, US 231 13784
Wang, Yong Sunnyvale, US 992 8710
Yu, Jia Sunnyvale, US 122 1189
Zhang, Ronghua San Jose, US 161 8869

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