Inventor
PADMANABHAN AMAR
US41 patents
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NICIRA INC
34 patentsUS10089127B2Oct 2, 2018
Control plane interface for logical middlebox services
NICIRA INC54 citations99
US9195491B2Nov 24, 2015
Migrating middlebox state for distributed middleboxes
NICIRA INC74 citations99
US9172603B2Oct 27, 2015
WAN optimizer for logical networks
NICIRA INC109 citations99
US8966029B2Feb 24, 2015
Network control system for configuring middleboxes
NICIRA INC77 citations99
US9699070B2Jul 4, 2017
Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware switches
NICIRA INC53 citations98
US9455901B2Sep 27, 2016
Managing software and hardware forwarding elements to define virtual networks
NICIRA INC45 citations98
US9306843B2Apr 5, 2016
Using transactions to compute and propagate network forwarding state
NICIRA INC50 citations98
US9558027B2Jan 31, 2017
Network control system for configuring middleboxes
NICIRA INC14 citations96
US9552219B2Jan 24, 2017
Migrating middlebox state for distributed middleboxes
NICIRA INC20 citations96
US9319337B2Apr 19, 2016
Universal physical control plane
NICIRA INC21 citations96
US9319338B2Apr 19, 2016
Tunnel creation
NICIRA INC22 citations96
US10153965B2Dec 11, 2018
Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware switches
NICIRA INC17 citations94
US9602422B2Mar 21, 2017
Implementing fixed points in network state updates using generation numbers
NICIRA INC38 citations94
US9137107B2Sep 15, 2015
Physical controllers for converting universal flows
NICIRA INC28 citations94
US10977067B2Apr 13, 2021
Control plane interface for logical middlebox services
NICIRA INC6 citations93
US10922124B2Feb 16, 2021
Network control system for configuring middleboxes
NICIRA INC8 citations93
US10235199B2Mar 19, 2019
Migrating middlebox state for distributed middleboxes
NICIRA INC13 citations93
US9602421B2Mar 21, 2017
Nesting transaction updates to minimize communication
NICIRA INC16 citations93
US9331937B2May 3, 2016
Exchange of network state information between forwarding elements
NICIRA INC16 citations93
US9246833B2Jan 26, 2016
Pull-based state dissemination between managed forwarding elements
NICIRA INC10 citations93
US9407566B2Aug 2, 2016
Distributed network control system
NICIRA INC9 citations92
US10310886B2Jun 4, 2019
Network control system for configuring middleboxes
NICIRA INC11 citations90
US11593148B2Feb 28, 2023
Network control system for configuring middleboxes
NICIRA INC4 citations86
US10924386B2Feb 16, 2021
Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware switches
NICIRA INC6 citations84
US9973382B2May 15, 2018
Hitless upgrade for network control applications
NICIRA INC6 citations84
US12093719B2Sep 17, 2024
Network control system for configuring middleboxes
NICIRA INC0 citations73
US11522788B2Dec 6, 2022
Database protocol for exchanging forwarding state with hardware switches
NICIRA INC2 citations73
US10044676B2Aug 7, 2018
Using headerspace analysis to identify unneeded distributed firewall rules
NICIRA INC4 citations73
US10033579B2Jul 24, 2018
Using transactions to compute and propagate network forwarding state
NICIRA INC3 citations73
US9288104B2Mar 15, 2016
Chassis controllers for converting universal flows
NICIRA INC6 citations73
US10708231B2Jul 7, 2020
Using headerspace analysis to identify unneeded distributed firewall rules
NICIRA INC1 citations62
US10623254B2Apr 14, 2020
Hitless upgrade for network control applications
NICIRA INC0 citations52
US10164894B2Dec 25, 2018
Buffered subscriber tables for maintaining a consistent network state
NICIRA INC0 citations52
US10091120B2Oct 2, 2018
Secondary input queues for maintaining a consistent network state
NICIRA INC0 citations52
VMWARE INC
3 patentsUS11057277B2Jul 6, 2021
Creating and managing aggregation service hierarchies
VMWARE INC0 citations59
US10305745B2May 28, 2019
Method and system for creating and managing aggregation service hierarchies
VMWARE INC0 citations48
US10552228B2Feb 4, 2020
Distributed hierarchical scheduler
VMWARE INC0 citations32