Distributed anticipatory bidirectional packet steering for software network functions

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11516140
APP PUB NO 20210099392A1
SERIAL NO

17120470

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A method for anticipatory bidirectional packet steering involves receiving, by a first packet steering module of a network, a first encapsulated packet traveling in a forward traffic direction. The first encapsulated packet includes a first encapsulating data structure. The network includes two or more packet steering modules and two or more network nodes. Each of the packet steering modules includes a packet classifier module, a return path learning module, a flow policy table, and a replicated data structure (RDS). The return path learning module of the first packet steering module generates return traffic path information associated with the first encapsulated packet and based on the first encapsulating data structure. The first packet steering module updates the RDS using the return traffic path information and transmits the return traffic path information to one or more other packet steering modules.

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  • NEFELI NETWORKS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
di, Proietto Daniele Sunnyvale, US 8 13
Raghavan, Barath Los Angeles, US 11 26
Ratnasamy, Sylvia Berkeley, US 10 74
Sherry, Justine Pittsburgh, US 3 4
Walls, Melvin Berkeley, US 5 6

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