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System and method for identifying an ingress router of a flow when no IP address is associated with the interface from which the flow was received

US8824331B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 13, 2008
Grant dateSep 2, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 2, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L45/033
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method collects information for VPN traffic from non edge routers that are coupled to edge routers and identifies the path the traffic took and the customer corresponding to the VPN. The system and method also identifies the ingress router coupled to the non edge router from which the traffic was collected. The system and method may assign identifiers to route targets.

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