Sliced tunnels in a computer network
US8040797B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2212/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a sliced tunnel is signaled between a head-end node and a tail-end node. One or more fork nodes along the sliced tunnel are configured to furcate the sliced tunnel into a plurality of child tunnels of the sliced tunnel. Also, one or more merge nodes along the sliced tunnel are configured to merge a plurality of child tunnels of the sliced tunnel that intersect at the merge node.
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