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Method and system for assigning multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) VC (VC) labels when transporting asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) data over MPLS network

US7031312B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Cicsco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jayakumar Jayakumar · San Jose, US
Hariprasad Ginjpalli · Cupertino, US
Durai Chinnaiah · San Jose, US
Anil Joshi · Santa Clara, US
Sobha Kumar Kondaveeti · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2001
Grant date	Apr 18, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L45/505
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A first and a second switching node establish a tunnel to transport a packet through a multiprotocol label-switching (MPLS) network. The tunnel is associated with a unique tunnel key. One or more virtual ciruit (VC) labels are automatically generated using the tunnel key.

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