Patents by Inventor Le Od ZHANG

Le Od ZHANG has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multicast traffic across virtual networks (VNs)
    Patent number: 11283649
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: receiving, by a Network Virtualization Edge (NVE) of a first virtual network (VN), a multicast packet from a virtual machine (VM) of the first virtual network (VN); determining, by the NVE, whether the NVE currently supports forwarding the multicast packet to a second NVE of a second virtual network (VN), the second virtual network (VN) being logically separated from the first virtual network (VN); responsively to determining that the NVE currently supports forwarding the multicast packet to a second NVE of a second virtual network (VN) forwarding, by the NVE, the multicast packet to the second NVE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kai Hong Du, Heng Guo Ge, Shashi Pratap Singh, Lin Wei Wu, Le Od Zhang
  • MULTICAST TRAFFIC ACROSS VIRTUAL NETWORKS (VNs)
    Publication number: 20200028715
    Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: receiving, by a Network Virtualization Edge (NVE) of a first virtual network (VN), a multicast packet from a virtual machine (VM) of the first virtual network (VN); determining, by the NVE, whether the NVE currently supports forwarding the multicast packet to a second NVE of a second virtual network (VN), the second virtual network (VN) being logically separated from the first virtual network (VN); responsively to determining that the NVE currently supports forwarding the multicast packet to a second NVE of a second virtual network (VN) forwarding, by the NVE, the multicast packet to the second NVE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kai Hong DU, Heng Guo GE, Shashi Pratap SINGH, Lin Wei WU, Le Od ZHANG