Method for traffic engineering in a multi-homed virtual private local area network service
US7484010B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 5, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A processing device (CM) programmed to determine homing paths for a plurality of virtual private local area network services in an Ethernet network comprising a plurality of PE nodes. The processing device is programmed to perform the steps of computing (32-48) a plurality of sets of different homing configurations, computing (52) a cost function for each set of different homing configurations in the plurality of sets of different homing configurations, and selecting (58) a set of homing configurations from the plurality of sets of different homing configurations in response to a respective computed cost function.
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