Patents by Inventor Sharmila Koppula
Sharmila Koppula 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).
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Patent number: 11799716Abstract: Techniques are described to provide layer 2 (L2) circuit failover in the event connectivity to an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) instance is lost. For example, if one of multi-homed provider edge (PE) devices loses connectivity to the EVPN instance, the PE device may mark its customer-facing interface as down and propagate the interface status to the access node such that the access node may update its routing information to switch L2 circuits to another one of the multi-homed PE devices having reachability to the EVPN instance. In some examples, the plurality of PE devices may further implement Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) techniques to propagate the interface status to the access node such that the access node may update its forwarding information to send traffic on a different L2 circuit to another one of the multi-homed PE devices having reachability to the EVPN instance.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Channasangamesh S Hugar, Babu Singarayan, Sharmila Koppula, Soumyodeep Joarder, Sudhin Jacob
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Publication number: 20220224593Abstract: Techniques are described to provide layer 2 (L2) circuit failover in the event connectivity to an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) instance is lost. For example, if one of multi-homed provider edge (PE) devices loses connectivity to the EVPN instance, the PE device may mark its customer-facing interface as down and propagate the interface status to the access node such that the access node may update its routing information to switch L2 circuits to another one of the multi-homed PE devices having reachability to the EVPN instance. In some examples, the plurality of PE devices may further implement Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) techniques to propagate the interface status to the access node such that the access node may update its forwarding information to send traffic on a different L2 circuit to another one of the multi-homed PE devices having reachability to the EVPN instance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Channasangamesh S. Hugar, Babu Singarayan, Sharmila Koppula, Soumyodeep Joarder, Sudhin Jacob
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Patent number: 11323308Abstract: Techniques are described to provide layer 2 (L2) circuit failover in the event connectivity to an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) instance is lost. For example, if one of multi-homed provider edge (PE) devices loses connectivity to the EVPN instance, the PE device may mark its customer-facing interface as down and propagate the interface status to the access node such that the access node may update its routing information to switch L2 circuits to another one of the multi-homed PE devices having reachability to the EVPN instance. In some examples, the plurality of PE devices may further implement Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) techniques to propagate the interface status to the access node such that the access node may update its forwarding information to send traffic on a different L2 circuit to another one of the multi-homed PE devices having reachability to the EVPN instance.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Channasangamesh S Hugar, Babu Singarayan, Sharmila Koppula, Soumyodeep Joarder, Sudhin Jacob
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Patent number: 11296908Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) network with service interface-aware forwarding. In one example, a first network device signals to a second network device, using EVPN route advertisements, a multi-service service tunnel to transport network packets for a plurality of services. The services are identifiable by virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers in the packets. The first network device is configured with a single transport interface for the service tunnel and the single transport interface is configured with respective service interfaces for the services. The first network device detects failure of a failed service interface of the service interfaces and outputs, in response to the failure, an EVPN route withdrawal message for the service tunnel that identifies the service corresponding to the failed service interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Wen Lin, Pankaj Kumar Gupta, Babu Singarayan, Sharmila Koppula, Manish Gupta, Kapil Arora
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Patent number: 11283672Abstract: The techniques describe detecting connectivity failure of an aggregated interface. To monitor connectivity of the aggregated interface, a packet processor of a plurality of packet processors is set as a session master responsible for managing an active forwarding plane connectivity detection session with a peer session master node. The other local packet processors of the virtual network node are selected as session standby nodes that each have a passive forwarding plane connectivity detection session running to the peer session master node. If a session master node goes down (i.e., by link or node failure), one of the local session standby nodes may detect the failure and is set as a new session master node by activating its passive session having the same session parameters.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Gaurav Ganeriwal, Sharmila Koppula, Babu Singarayan, Vishnu Janardhanan S, Sayantani Gupta
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Patent number: 11070464Abstract: The techniques describe forwarding multicast traffic using a multi-level cache in a network device forwarding plane for determining a set of outgoing interfaces of the network device on which to forward the multicast traffic. For example, a multi-level cache is configured to store a multicast identifier of a multicast packet and multicast forwarding information associated with the multicast identifier, such as identification of one or more egress packet processors of the network device to which the multicast packet is to be sent for forwarding to the set of one or more egress network devices, and/or outgoing interfaces of the network device toward each egress network device of the set of one or more egress network devices. The multi-level cache is also configured to store respective multicast identifiers that are to be encapsulated with outgoing multicast packets that are forwarded to the set of one or more egress network devices.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Sri Karthik Goud Gadela, Sharmila Koppula, Babu Singarayan, Sunanda L. Kommula
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Patent number: 10805202Abstract: A method includes receiving, by processing circuitry of a first network device, an indication of a logical address associated with an interface to a second network device and adding, by the processing circuitry, an entry to a forwarding table of the first network device, the entry in the forwarding table specifying the logical address. The method further includes adding, by the processing circuitry, an entry to a resolver database of the first network device to which the entry in the forwarding table specifying the logical address points and resolving, by the processing circuitry, the logical address to a hardware address of the second network device.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Sharmila Koppula, Sri Karthik Goud Gadela, Sreekanth Rupavatharam
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Publication number: 20200322183Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) network with service interface-aware forwarding. In one example, a first network device signals to a second network device, using EVPN route advertisements, a multi-service service tunnel to transport network packets for a plurality of services. The services are identifiable by virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers in the packets. The first network device is configured with a single transport interface for the service tunnel and the single transport interface is configured with respective service interfaces for the services. The first network device detects failure of a failed service interface of the service interfaces and outputs, in response to the failure, an EVPN route withdrawal message for the service tunnel that identifies the service corresponding to the failed service interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Wen Lin, Pankaj Kumar Gupta, Babu Singarayan, Sharmila Koppula, Manish Gupta, Kapil Arora
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Patent number: 10742542Abstract: A device may determine a link aggregation group (LAG) that aggregates links that includes a first group of links that connects the device to a first provider edge (PE) device and a second group of links that connects the device to the second PE device, where the first PE device and the second PE device are on an Ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) and are multi-homed PE devices for the device, and where the first PE device provides a local connection to a customer edge (CE) device for the device. The device may receive a message from the first PE device indicating that the first PE device lacks a connection with the EVPN, and may send, based on the message, traffic intended for the CE device via the first PE device and traffic intended for the EVPN via the second PE device and not the first PE device.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Wen Lin, Sharmila Koppula, Soumyodeep Joarder
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Publication number: 20200213182Abstract: Techniques are described to provide layer 2 (L2) circuit failover in the event connectivity to an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) instance is lost. For example, if one of multi-homed provider edge (PE) devices loses connectivity to the EVPN instance, the PE device may mark its customer-facing interface as down and propagate the interface status to the access node such that the access node may update its routing information to switch L2 circuits to another one of the multi-homed PE devices having reachability to the EVPN instance. In some examples, the plurality of PE devices may further implement Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) techniques to propagate the interface status to the access node such that the access node may update its forwarding information to send traffic on a different L2 circuit to another one of the multi-homed PE devices having reachability to the EVPN instance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Channasangamesh S. Hugar, Babu Singarayan, Sharmila Koppula, Soumyodeep Joarder, Sudhin Jacob
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Patent number: 10693679Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) network with service interface-aware forwarding. In one example, a first network device signals to a second network device, using EVPN route advertisements, a multi-service service tunnel to transport network packets for a plurality of services. The services are identifiable by virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers in the packets. The first network device is configured with a single transport interface for the service tunnel and the single transport interface is configured with respective service interfaces for the services. The first network device detects failure of a failed service interface of the service interfaces and outputs, in response to the failure, an EVPN route withdrawal message for the service tunnel that identifies the service corresponding to the failed service interface.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Wen Lin, Pankaj Kumar Gupta, Babu Singarayan, Sharmila Koppula, Manish Gupta, Kapil Arora
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Patent number: 10680966Abstract: The techniques describe packet reordering for packets flowing on a new path in response to a change in internal forwarding paths in a network device. For example, a network device may dynamically change the selection of an internal forwarding path to achieve fabric path optimization (“OFP”) or to ensure optimized load balancing. Packets forwarded on the new path are buffered such that the transmission of packets forwarded on the new path are delayed for a buffering time period of at least the time in which a packet is being sent from the source packet processor to the initial destination packet processor.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Sayantani Gupta, Babu Singarayan, Sharmila Koppula, Gaurav Ganeriwal, Arun G Menon, Vishnu Janardhanan S
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Publication number: 20200127917Abstract: A device may determine a link aggregation group (LAG) that aggregates links that includes a first group of links that connects the device to a first provider edge (PE) device and a second group of links that connects the device to the second PE device, where the first PE device and the second PE device are on an Ethernet virtual private network (EVPN) and are multi-homed PE devices for the device, and where the first PE device provides a local connection to a customer edge (CE) device for the device. The device may receive a message from the first PE device indicating that the first PE device lacks a connection with the EVPN, and may send, based on the message, traffic intended for the CE device via the first PE device and traffic intended for the EVPN via the second PE device and not the first PE device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Wen Lin, Sharmila Koppula, Soumyodeep Joarder
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Publication number: 20200120013Abstract: The techniques describe forwarding multicast traffic using a multi-level cache in a network device forwarding plane for determining a set of outgoing interfaces of the network device on which to forward the multicast traffic. For example, a multi-level cache is configured to store a multicast identifier of a multicast packet and multicast forwarding information associated with the multicast identifier, such as identification of one or more egress packet processors of the network device to which the multicast packet is to be sent for forwarding to the set of one or more egress network devices, and/or outgoing interfaces of the network device toward each egress network device of the set of one or more egress network devices. The multi-level cache is also configured to store respective multicast identifiers that are to be encapsulated with outgoing multicast packets that are forwarded to the set of one or more egress network devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2018Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Sri Karthik Goud Gadela, Sharmila Koppula, Babu Singarayan, Sunanda L. Kommula
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Publication number: 20190394066Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) network with service interface-aware forwarding. In one example, a first network device signals to a second network device, using EVPN route advertisements, a multi-service service tunnel to transport network packets for a plurality of services. The services are identifiable by virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers in the packets. The first network device is configured with a single transport interface for the service tunnel and the single transport interface is configured with respective service interfaces for the services. The first network device detects failure of a failed service interface of the service interfaces and outputs, in response to the failure, an EVPN route withdrawal message for the service tunnel that identifies the service corresponding to the failed service interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Wen Lin, Pankaj Kumar Gupta, Babu Singarayan, Sharmila Koppula, Manish Gupta, Kapil Arora
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Publication number: 20190363927Abstract: The techniques describe detecting connectivity failure of an aggregated interface. To monitor connectivity of the aggregated interface, a packet processor of a plurality of packet processors is set as a session master responsible for managing an active forwarding plane connectivity detection session with a peer session master node. The other local packet processors of the virtual network node are selected as session standby nodes that each have a passive forwarding plane connectivity detection session running to the peer session master node. If a session master node goes down (i.e., by link or node failure), one of the local session standby nodes may detect the failure and is set as a new session master node by activating its passive session having the same session parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Gaurav Ganeriwal, Sharmila Koppula, Babu Singarayan, Vishnu Janardhanan S, Sayantani Gupta
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Publication number: 20190199647Abstract: The techniques describe packet reordering for packets flowing on a new path in response to a change in internal forwarding paths in a network device. For example, a network device may dynamically change the selection of an internal forwarding path to achieve fabric path optimization (“OFP”) or to ensure optimized load balancing. Packets forwarded on the new path are buffered such that the transmission of packets forwarded on the new path are delayed for a buffering time period of at least the time in which a packet is being sent from the source packet processor to the initial destination packet processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2017Publication date: June 27, 2019Inventors: Sayantani Gupta, Babu Singarayan, Sharmila Koppula, Gaurav Ganeriwal, Arun G. Menon, Vishnu Janardhanan S