Patent ID: 8423664
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing network communications using virtualization, comprising the steps of: (a) detecting, at a first device, a request for a network connection from an application running on the first device; (b) spawning, at the first device, a first virtual machine that virtualizes network capabilities of the first device such that a first virtual network connection is provided to the application, the application running external to the first virtual machine; (c) selecting, at the first device, a first routing protocol for the first virtual network connection from among a plurality of available routing protocols for communicating data using the first virtual network connection; (d) detecting, at the first device, another request for a network connection from the application running on the first device; (e) spawning, at the first device, a second virtual machine that virtualizes network capabilities of the first device such that a second virtual network connection is provided to the application, the application running external to the second virtual machine; (f) selecting, at the first device, a second routing protocol for the second network connection from among the plurality of available routing protocols for communicating data using the second virtual network connection; (g) using the selected first routing protocol of said step (c), communicating data from the application in a plurality of packets to a destination device, the method involving, for each packet, (h) using the selected second routing protocol of said step (f), communicating data from the application in a plurality of packets to a destination device, the method involving, for each packet, (i) wherein the selected first routing protocol of step (c) is different from the selected second routing protocol of step (f).