US Patent:
20130018999, Jan 17, 2013
Inventors:
Joshua MERRILL - Parker CO, US
Huida DAI - Cupertino CA, US
Jiang ZHU - Sunnyvale CA, US
Sukhdev KAPUR - Saratoga CA, US
Subrata BANERJEE - Los Altos CA, US
Danny ELDER - San Diego CA, US
Ashok GANESAN - San Jose CA, US
Shujin ZHANG - Palo Alto CA, US
Jan MEDVED - Pleasanton CA, US
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC. - San Jose CA
International Classification:
G06F 15/173
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request for a distributed service, the distributed service offered by a service provider via a data communications network having service delivery locations reachable via a prescribed physical topology; identifying the service delivery locations within a prescribed logical topology overlying the prescribed physical topology, the prescribed logical topology segregating the distributed service from other network traffic on the prescribed physical topology; and identifying one or moreof the service delivery locations optimized for providing the distributed service to at least one service consumption location in the prescribed logical topology according to a prescribed service level agreement with the service provider.
