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Virtual network pre-configuration in support of service-based traffic forwarding

  • US 10,567,276 B2
  • Filed: 02/23/2017
  • Issued: 02/18/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for configuring a network of physical network nodes to support delivery of a service to an end point accessing the network, the method comprising:

  • configuring a virtual network (VN) on the network by;

    configuring a plurality of VN nodes to define the VN, each VN node of the plurality of VN nodes associated with a respective one of the physical network nodes;

    configuring logical tunnels to communicatively interconnect the VN nodes;

    instantiating VN virtual routers (v-routers) for routing packets between the VN nodes via the logical tunnels, each v-router of the instantiated v-routers associated with a corresponding one of the VN nodes and operative to receive a data packet addressed to the VN and intended for a destination end point, and to direct the received data packet through a configured interconnecting logical tunnel that connects the VN node of that v-router to a next VN node on a virtual path between that v-router and the destination end point; and

    determining Quality of Service (QoS) parameters for one of the logical tunnels based on an estimate of a number of end points which will be serviced by said one of the logical tunnels and an estimated integrated rate requirement for said one of the logical tunnels which is based on per-end point traffic requirements.

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