Edge devices for providing a transparent LAN segment service and configuring such edge devices
US7463639B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99936
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A transport LAN segment service is provided over a transport network. The transport network will include edge devices configured to support one or more transparent LAN segments. Configuration is simplified by advertising TLS-port-label information, layer 2 address learning, and multicasting when the needed configuration information has not yet been learned or discovered.
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