Patent ID: 9712624
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: providing a cluster of virtual network switches, the cluster of virtual network switches being coupled between a first network domain and a second network domain, wherein the cluster of virtual network switches is separate from the first and second network domains, and the second network domain is separate from the first network domain; providing a cluster of controllers coupled to the cluster of virtual network switches, the first network domain, and the second network domain; receiving at a first end point in the first network domain a request to make a connection to a second end point in the second network domain; determining if the connection should be provided through a virtual network connecting the first network domain with the second network domain; and if the connection should be provided through the virtual network, establishing a virtual network connection between the first end point and the second end point to transmit a payload from the first network domain to the second network domain, wherein the establishing comprises: