×

Detecting an elephant flow based on the size of a packet

  • US 9,838,276 B2
  • Filed: 01/03/2017
  • Issued: 12/05/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method for detecting elephant flows at a forwarding element, the method comprising:

  • prior to receiving any data packets above a threshold size belonging to a particular data flow, processing the data packets belonging to the particular data flow in a datapath of the forwarding element;

    upon receiving a first data packet above the threshold size belonging to the particular data flow, sending the first data packet to a module of the forwarding element outside the datapath that processes the particular data flow as an elephant flow; and

    processing subsequent data packets belonging to the particular data flow in the datapath of the forwarding element as elephant flow packets irrespective of the size of the subsequent data packets.

View all claims
  • 0 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×