Oracle international corporation (20240126581). IMPLEMENTING COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN A CONTAINER ENVIRONMENT simplified abstract

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IMPLEMENTING COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN A CONTAINER ENVIRONMENT

Organization Name

oracle international corporation

Inventor(s)

Trung Hoai Nguyen of Cedar Park TX (US)

Devon Howard Crouse of Broomfield CO (US)

Sohan Patil of Seattle WA (US)

IMPLEMENTING COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN A CONTAINER ENVIRONMENT - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240126581 titled 'IMPLEMENTING COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN A CONTAINER ENVIRONMENT

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes techniques for implementing a container environment where each pod is provided with a unique IP address and a virtual communication device such as an ipvlan device. Communications from source pods are directly routed to destination pods within the container environment using virtualized network interface cards (vNICs) without the need for bridging and encapsulation, reducing data transmission size and compute costs.

  • Each pod in the container environment is assigned a unique IP address and a virtual communication device.
  • Communications between pods are directly routed using virtualized network interface cards (vNICs) without the need for bridging and encapsulation.
  • This reduces the size of data being transmitted and eliminates the compute cost necessary for data encapsulation during transmission.

Potential Applications

This technology could be applied in cloud computing environments, microservices architectures, and network virtualization solutions.

Problems Solved

This technology solves the problem of data transmission inefficiencies and high compute costs associated with encapsulating data in container environments.

Benefits

The benefits of this technology include improved network performance, reduced data transmission size, and lower compute costs in container environments.

Potential Commercial Applications

Potential commercial applications of this technology include cloud service providers, network virtualization companies, and companies utilizing microservices architectures.

Possible Prior Art

One possible prior art could be the use of virtual network functions (VNFs) in network virtualization solutions to optimize data transmission within container environments.

=== What are the specific technical details of how the unique IP addresses are assigned to each pod within the container environment? The specific technical details of how the unique IP addresses are assigned to each pod within the container environment are not provided in the abstract. It would be helpful to know the specific algorithms or methods used for IP address assignment.

=== How does the use of virtualized network interface cards (vNICs) improve network performance within the container environment? The abstract mentions that vNICs are used to route communications between pods, but it does not provide detailed information on how exactly vNICs improve network performance. Understanding the specific mechanisms by which vNICs enhance network performance would be beneficial for a more comprehensive understanding of the technology.


Original Abstract Submitted

techniques are described for implementing a container environment where each pod within the container environment is provided with a unique ip address and a virtual communication device such as an ipvlan device. communications from source pods are directly routed to destination pods within the container environment by one or more virtualized network interface cards (vnics) utilizing the unique ip addresses of the destination pods, without the need for bridging and encapsulation. this reduces a size of data being transmitted and also eliminates a compute cost necessary to perform encapsulation of data during transmission.