Virtual private network forwarding and nexthop to transport mapping scheme
US10361884B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 6, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 6, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/668
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes configuring on a network element a first tunnel from the network element to a first network, wherein the configuring comprises mapping a nexthop address of the local network element to a transport address of the tunnel on the network to create a first nexthop-to-transport mapping for the network element; and advertising the first nexthop-to-transport mapping along with routing information for the network element to remote network elements.
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