Patent ID: 11882060
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A computing device configured as a mobile virtualized standby switch, the computing device comprising:
a processor;
a communication interface;
a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon that, wherein executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:
establish, via the communication interface, a direct connection with a second computing device, wherein the second computing device is a network device comprising one or more host processors executing a control-plane that manage and maintain a plurality of data-plane-associated tables;
synchronize control-plane states of the computing device with control-plane states of the control-plane of the second computing device;
receiving, over the direct connection, from the second computing device, a control-plane associated packet, or a message derived therefrom, the control-plane associated packet having been received at a port of the second computing device;
determine, via control-plane operations, updates to a portion of the plurality of data-plane-associated tables using the control-plane associated packet or the message derived therefrom; and
transport, over the direct connection, to the second computing device, the determined updates to the portion of the plurality of data-plane-associated tables of a data-plane of the second computing device when the control plane of the second computing device is unavailable, wherein the second computing device is configured to receive the determined updates to the portion of the plurality of data-plane-associated tables and update the data-plane-associated tables of the data-plane of the second computing device.