Inventor
PFAFF BENJAMIN L
US22 patents
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NICIRA INC
18 patentsUS9699070B2Jul 4, 2017
Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware switches
NICIRA INC53 citations98
US9686200B2Jun 20, 2017
Flow cache hierarchy
NICIRA INC75 citations98
US9455901B2Sep 27, 2016
Managing software and hardware forwarding elements to define virtual networks
NICIRA INC45 citations98
US10153965B2Dec 11, 2018
Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware switches
NICIRA INC17 citations94
US9590919B2Mar 7, 2017
Method and apparatus for implementing and managing virtual switches
NICIRA INC12 citations92
US10931600B2Feb 23, 2021
Method and apparatus for implementing and managing virtual switches
NICIRA INC4 citations84
US10924386B2Feb 16, 2021
Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware switches
NICIRA INC6 citations84
US11522788B2Dec 6, 2022
Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware switches
NICIRA INC2 citations73
US10659373B2May 19, 2020
Processing packets according to hierarchy of flow entry storages
NICIRA INC3 citations73
US10476735B2Nov 12, 2019
Representation of match conditions in logical pipeline data
NICIRA INC2 citations73
US10305725B2May 28, 2019
Local controller agent for converting logical pipeline data
NICIRA INC2 citations73
US10200235B2Feb 5, 2019
Distributed database structure for logical and physical network data
NICIRA INC2 citations73
US9654424B2May 16, 2017
Managed forwarding element with conjunctive match flow entries
NICIRA INC3 citations73
US10749736B2Aug 18, 2020
Network operating system for managing and securing networks
NICIRA INC2 citations72
US10798048B2Oct 6, 2020
Address resolution protocol suppression using a flow-based forwarding element
NICIRA INC6 citations70
US11683214B2Jun 20, 2023
Network operating system for managing and securing networks
NICIRA INC0 citations62
US11425055B2Aug 23, 2022
Method and apparatus for implementing and managing virtual switches
NICIRA INC0 citations62
US10348619B2Jul 9, 2019
Generating conjunctive match flow entries
NICIRA INC1 citations62