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SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL NETWORK EDGE AND OVERLAY WITH VIRTUAL CONTROL PLANE

  • US 20160072669A1
  • Filed: 11/19/2015
  • Published: 03/10/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network system for improving network communication performance between at least a first client site and a second client site, wherein the first client site and the second client site are at a distance from one another that is such that would usually require long haul network communication, the system comprising:

  • at least one client site network component implemented at least at the first client site, the client site network component bonding or aggregating one or more diverse network connections so as to configure a bonded/aggregated connection that has increased throughput;

    at least one network server component configured to connect to the client site network component using the bonded/aggregated connection, the network server component including at least one concentrator element implemented at a network access point to at least one network, the network server component automatically terminating the bonded/aggregated connection and passing data traffic to the network access point to the at least one network;

    a virtual control plane interface at the at least one network server component, the virtual control plane interface configured to establish a unicast path between the at least one network server component and each of a plurality of remote network server components connected to or within the at least one network, wherein a virtual network overlay is established between the at least one network server component and each of the plurality of remote network server components and each unicast path is used for data transmission over the corresponding virtual network overlay; and

    a cloud network controller configured to manage the data traffic so as to provide a managed network overlay that incorporates at least one long haul network path carried over the at least one network, the at least one long haul network path including the virtual network overlay.

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