Viasat, Inc.
Method and apparatus for managing virtual networks via cloud hosted application

Abstract:

An apparatus and method for providing a cloud hosted application able to manage virtual network ("VN") is disclosed. In one embodiment, a process of managing VN using virtual machines ("VMs") receives a message or request from a user requesting a new VN to be built. The request is sent from a dashboard to a network orchestrator via a communication network. The orchestrator is a VN manager able to facilitate building a VN based on users' input. In one aspect, the orchestrator provides a set of templates that represent VN devices or components to users for facilitating construction of VN. After configuring a VN, a cloud capable of hosting the network is selected. The network or VN is subsequently launched using at least a portion of computing resources allocated in the cloud.