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(57) ABSTRACT A network device acts as a controller within a software defined network.
The network device receives a processing definition, which includes a representation of …

Some embodiments provide a method for defining a gateway component of a logical router.
The method assigns each of several uplinks to different gateway machines. For one of the …

An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include configuring a
measurement indication for a packet; forwarding the packet through a service chain …

A system for flexible and extensible flow processing includes a first network device to act as
a controller within a software-defined network. The first network device receives a …

Some embodiments provide a method for handling failure at one of several peer centralized
components of a logical router. At a first one of the peer centralized components of the …

An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving
traffic associated with at least one of a mobile network and a Gi-Local Area Network (Gi …

Some embodiments provide a method for providing redundancy and fast convergence for
modules operating in a network. The method configures modules to use a same anycast …

Abstract Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating the
implementation of an operations, administration, and management (OAM) protocol in a …

(57) ABSTRACT A network security policy may be implemented at network Switches as a set
of active packet disposition directives. In a dynamically programmable network, the network …