US 12,457,267 B2
Systems and methods for sharing a control connection
Srilatha Tangirala, San Jose, CA (US); Rahul Hardikar, San Ramon, CA (US); Sheikh Qumruzzaman, Santa Clara, CA (US); Ravi Kiran Chintallapudi, Pleasanton, CA (US); Samir Thoria, Saratoga, CA (US); Ajeet Pal Singh Gill, Fremont, CA (US); and Vivek Agarwal, Campbell, CA (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/473,422.
Application 18/473,422 is a continuation of application No. 17/709,877, filed on Mar. 31, 2022, granted, now 11,778,038.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/265,385, filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0015225 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 67/141 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 41/122 (2022.01); H04L 45/76 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/141 (2013.01) [H04L 41/122 (2022.05); H04L 45/76 (2022.05); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network component comprising one or more processors and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors and including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the network component to perform operations comprising:
determining a mapping of a tenant identifier associated with a tenant to a controller identifier associated with a controller, wherein the tenant identifier is a global identifier that uniquely identifies the tenant;
establishing, by a daemon installed on the network component, an encrypted control connection with the controller;
inserting the tenant identifier into a control packet; and
communicating the control packet to the controller via the encrypted control connection during a peering session.