US Patent Application 17804333. Optimizing IPSec for Hierarchical SD-WAN simplified abstract
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Optimizing IPSec for Hierarchical SD-WAN
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Inventor(s)
Samir Thoria of Saratoga CA (US)
Ram Dular Singh of Cupertino CA (US)
Laxmikantha Reddy Ponnuru of San Ramon CA (US)
Optimizing IPSec for Hierarchical SD-WAN - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17804333 titled 'Optimizing IPSec for Hierarchical SD-WAN
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a method performed by a software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) edge router in a hierarchical SD-WAN network.
- The method involves originating a SD-WAN system route that includes an encryption key associated with the edge router.
- The system route is then transmitted to one or more SD-WAN border routers.
- The method also includes receiving a packet that is at least partially encrypted with the encryption key from one of the SD-WAN border routers.
- The received packet is decrypted by the edge router.
Original Abstract Submitted
According to some embodiments, a method is performed by a software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) edge router in a hierarchical SD-WAN network comprising a plurality of edge routers and a plurality of border routers. The method comprises: originating a SD-WAN system route for advertising reachability to the edge router, the system route comprising an encryption key associated with the edge router; and transmitting the system route to one or more SD-WAN border routers. The method may further comprise: receiving a packet destined for the edge router from one of the one or more SD-WAN border routers, wherein the packet is at least partially encrypted with the encryption key associated with the edge router; and decrypting the received packet.
