Patent ID: 11968170
Assignee: RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. A system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory comprising machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the system to:
provide, from a first pod executing on the processor to a networking service implemented within a kernel executing on the processor, a data structure having a mapping for processing network packets, the mapping being based on signaling information for a communication session between external entities;
receive network traffic of the communication session, wherein the network traffic is received by a network interface card (NIC) of the system;
process data of the network traffic by the first pod according to a service provided by the first pod;
receive the network traffic at the networking service from the first pod subsequent to processing the data of the network traffic; and
with the networking service, route the network traffic to one of the external entities via the NIC, including updating address information of the network traffic according to the mapping.