Learning a MAC address in VXLAN
US10956194B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 23, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 23, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2212/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A source Medium Access Control (MAC) address is learned upon receiving a data message from a local network, and a learned local MAC address entry is added to a MAC address forwarding table. A source MAC address is not learned upon receiving a data message from a tunnel. When a local MAC address entry in the MAC address forwarding table changes, a synchronization message is sent via each tunnel associated with a Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) in the changed local MAC address entry, and is saved into a database corresponding to the tunnel. Each tunnel corresponds to one database.
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