Peer-to-peer based feature network
US8326929B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 30, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 30, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1001
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A device receives, from feature peers associated with a network, information associated with the feature peers, receives a customer packet, and determines, based on the feature peer information, which of the feature peers support a feature associated with the customer packet. The device also selects, from the determined feature peers, a set of feature peers for the customer packet to traverse, attaches a feature header to the customer packet to create a modified customer packet, and forwards, based on the feature header, the modified customer packet to one of the feature peers in the selected set of feature peers.
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