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Cloud overlay for operations administration and management

US10320664B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Nagendra Kumar Nainar · Morrisville, US
Carlos M. Pignataro · Cary, US
Deepak Kumar · San Ramon, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 2016
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/10
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating the implementation of an operations, administration, and management (OAM) protocol in a network overlay environment. In particular, aspects of the technology facilitating the transport of OAM communications across overlay environments of different types. Aspects of the technology can include steps for receiving a packet comprising an OAM payload, and encapsulating the packet with an OAM transport header, wherein the transport header is configured to be read by transit nodes of different overlay types.

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