Methods and network devices are disclosed for failure protection in traffic-engineered bit
indexed explicit replica tion networks. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a …

Methods and network devices are disclosed for traffic engineered forwarding through a new
form of bit indexed explicit replication. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a …

Some embodiments provide a method for providing meta data proxy services to different
data compute nodes that are associated with different logical networks (eg, for different …

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Some embodiments provide a method for providing dynamic host configuration protocol
(DHCP) services to different data compute nodes (eg, virtual machines) that belong to …

Methods and network devices are disclosed for traffic engineered forwarding through a new
form of bit indexed explicit replication. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a …

(57) ABSTRACT A network function (NF) entity in a communication network receives
authentication data associated with a User Equip ment (UE), determines the UE supports a …

Some embodiments provide a method for a first network controller that manages a set of
logical forwarding elements implemented in several managed forwarding elements. The …

Disclosed herein is a distributed ledger method for a fifth generation (5G) network. A network
slice is created in the 5G network and a root block is generated in response, containing …

(57) ABSTRACT A network slice manager receives a workload mobility request to add
network resources to a domain in the com munication network, and authenticates a virtual …