Inventor
TESSMER ALEXANDER
US46 patents
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NICIRA INC
35 patentsUS9577927B2Feb 21, 2017
Encoding control plane information in transport protocol source port field and applications thereof in network virtualization
NICIRA INC51 citations98
US10693833B2Jun 23, 2020
Address resolution suppression in a logical network
NICIRA INC27 citations94
US9912616B2Mar 6, 2018
Grouping tunnel endpoints of a bridge cluster
NICIRA INC30 citations94
US9794079B2Oct 17, 2017
Replicating broadcast, unknown-unicast, and multicast traffic in overlay logical networks bridged with physical networks
NICIRA INC22 citations94
US10218526B2Feb 26, 2019
Distributed multicast by endpoints
NICIRA INC12 citations91
US9887851B2Feb 6, 2018
Distributed multicast by endpoints
NICIRA INC12 citations91
US10979246B2Apr 13, 2021
Multicast packet handling in software-defined networking (SDN) environments
NICIRA INC10 citations86
US10848461B2Nov 24, 2020
Unified security policies across virtual private clouds with overlapping IP address blocks
NICIRA INC13 citations86
US10567187B2Feb 18, 2020
Methods to optimize multicast routing in overlay networks
NICIRA INC13 citations86
US10164885B2Dec 25, 2018
Load balancing over multiple tunnel endpoints
NICIRA INC18 citations86
US10999087B2May 4, 2021
Replicating broadcast, unknown-unicast, and multicast traffic in overlay logical networks bridged with physical networks
NICIRA INC5 citations84
US10958462B2Mar 23, 2021
Using a central controller cluster to configure a distributed multicast logical router
NICIRA INC8 citations84
US10719341B2Jul 21, 2020
Learning of tunnel endpoint selections
NICIRA INC6 citations84
US10623194B2Apr 14, 2020
Distributed multicast by endpoints
NICIRA INC7 citations84
US10333727B2Jun 25, 2019
Replicating broadcast, unknown-unicast, and multicast traffic in overlay logical networks bridged with physical networks
NICIRA INC9 citations84
US10218523B2Feb 26, 2019
Using a central controller cluster to configure a distributed multicast logical router
NICIRA INC12 citations84
US10069646B2Sep 4, 2018
Distribution of tunnel endpoint mapping information
NICIRA INC9 citations84
US9602385B2Mar 21, 2017
Connectivity segment selection
NICIRA INC18 citations84
US9602392B2Mar 21, 2017
Connectivity segment coloring
NICIRA INC12 citations84
US10873473B2Dec 22, 2020
Distributed multicast logical router
NICIRA INC9 citations83
US10523455B2Dec 31, 2019
Distributed multicast logical router
NICIRA INC12 citations83
US11968078B2Apr 23, 2024
Maintaining network membership when disconnected from a controller
NICIRA INC4 citations75
US12073241B2Aug 27, 2024
Learning of tunnel endpoint selections
NICIRA INC2 citations73
US11436037B2Sep 6, 2022
Learning of tunnel endpoint selections
NICIRA INC2 citations73
US11405335B2Aug 2, 2022
Managing network traffic in virtual switches based on logical port identifiers
NICIRA INC2 citations73
US11310150B2Apr 19, 2022
Connectivity segment coloring
NICIRA INC4 citations73
US10764112B2Sep 1, 2020
Management and control system logical network
NICIRA INC2 citations73
US10135635B2Nov 20, 2018
Encoding control plane information in transport protocol source port field and applications thereof in network virtualization
NICIRA INC2 citations73
US9602375B2Mar 21, 2017
Tracing host-originated logical network packets
NICIRA INC2 citations73
US11929945B2Mar 12, 2024
Managing network traffic in virtual switches based on logical port identifiers
NICIRA INC0 citations63
US11923996B2Mar 5, 2024
Replicating broadcast, unknown-unicast, and multicast traffic in overlay logical networks bridged with physical networks
NICIRA INC0 citations62
US11811545B2Nov 7, 2023
Distributed multicast logical router
NICIRA INC0 citations62
US11516037B2Nov 29, 2022
Methods to optimize multicast routing in overlay networks
NICIRA INC0 citations62
US11128489B2Sep 21, 2021
Maintaining data-plane connectivity between hosts
NICIRA INC0 citations62
US10581669B2Mar 3, 2020
Restoring control-plane connectivity with a network management entity
NICIRA INC0 citations42
VMWARE INC
7 patentsUS9432204B2Aug 30, 2016
Distributed multicast by endpoints
VMWARE INC38 citations98
US10778457B1Sep 15, 2020
Traffic replication in overlay networks spanning multiple sites
VMWARE INC16 citations94
US9479348B2Oct 25, 2016
Technique to submit multicast membership state in absence of querier
VMWARE INC8 citations83
US11456888B2Sep 27, 2022
Traffic replication in overlay networks spanning multiple sites
VMWARE INC4 citations73
US9264330B2Feb 16, 2016
Tracing host-originated logical network packets
VMWARE INC5 citations73
US11784842B2Oct 10, 2023
Traffic replication in overlay networks spanning multiple sites
VMWARE INC0 citations62
US11245629B2Feb 8, 2022
Adaptive source port generation in overlay networks
VMWARE INC0 citations62
VMware LLC
3 patentsUS12301479B2May 13, 2025
Managing network traffic in virtual switches based on logical port identifiers
VMware LLC0 citations63
US12323260B2Jun 3, 2025
Replicating broadcast, unknown-unicast, and multicast traffic in overlay logical networks bridged with physical networks
VMware LLC0 citations62
US11895032B2Feb 6, 2024
Adaptive source port generation in overlay networks
VMware LLC0 citations62