Patent ID: 9306832
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A system for enabling effective communicating over cloud-based infrastructures, comprising: a first host operative in a first cloud-based infrastructure, wherein the first host executes a first guest operating system; a first communication port instantiated for the first guest; a second host operative in a second cloud-based infrastructure, wherein the second host executes a first guest operating system, wherein each of the first host and the second host include at least a network interface card (NIC); and a second communication port instantiated for the second guest, wherein the first guest operating system is configured to discover an identifier of the second communication port of the second guest operating system using an address discovery protocol; wherein the first host and second host are communicatively connected through a physical network, wherein the first communication port and the second communication port are communicatively connected to constitute a distributed communication element that enables a virtualized network for communication between the first guest and the second guest via the first communication port and the second communication port respectively, wherein the control logic of the distributed communication element is distributed to each of the first and second communication ports of the respective first host and second host to execute a respective portion of the switching functionality of the distributed communication element in a distributed manner independently of each other.