HYBRID CONTROL/DATA PLANE FOR PACKET BROKERING ORCHESTRATION
First Claim
1. A system for configuring one or more flows of data packets through a hybrid communication network, the system comprising:
- a first segment of the hybrid communication network, the first segment comprising a stacked topology of communicatively coupled plurality of network captured traffic distribution devices;
a second segment of the hybrid communication network, the second segment comprising one or more OpenFlow switches configured for an OpenFlow protocol; and
a management server communicatively coupled to the first segment and to the second segment, the management server comprising logic integrated with and/or executable by a processor of the management server, the logic being adapted to configure one or more data flows of captured data packets with respect to forwarding the captured data packets between the first and second segments of the hybrid communication network.
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Abstract
A system for configuring one or more flows of captured data packets through a hybrid communication network is provided. The system includes first and second segments of the hybrid communication network. The first segment includes a stacked topology of communicatively coupled plurality of network captured traffic distribution devices. The second segment includes one or more OpenFlow switches configured for an OpenFlow protocol. The system also includes a management server communicatively coupled to the first and second segments of the hybrid communication network. The management server includes logic adapted to configure one or more data flows of captured data packets with respect to forwarding the captured data packets between the first and second segments of the hybrid communication network.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for configuring one or more flows of data packets through a hybrid communication network, the system comprising:
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a first segment of the hybrid communication network, the first segment comprising a stacked topology of communicatively coupled plurality of network captured traffic distribution devices; a second segment of the hybrid communication network, the second segment comprising one or more OpenFlow switches configured for an OpenFlow protocol; and a management server communicatively coupled to the first segment and to the second segment, the management server comprising logic integrated with and/or executable by a processor of the management server, the logic being adapted to configure one or more data flows of captured data packets with respect to forwarding the captured data packets between the first and second segments of the hybrid communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for configuring one or more flows of data packets through a hybrid communication network comprising a first segment and a second segment, the first segment comprising a stacked topology of communicatively coupled plurality of network captured traffic distribution devices, the second segment comprising one or more OpenFlow switches configured for an OpenFlow protocol, the method comprising:
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receiving a new data flow entry from a user, the new data flow entry comprising at least ingress port information and egress port information; determining whether the ingress port and the egress port belong to the same segment of the hybrid communication network; identifying an optimum bridge connection between the first segment and the second segment of the hybrid communication network, in response to determining that the ingress port and the egress port do not belong to the same segment of the hybrid communication network; and determining an optimum path from the ingress port to the egress port through the hybrid communication network via the identified optimum bridge connection. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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