Method of multiprotocol label switching encapsulation for united router farm forwarding
US8948179B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 21, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/60
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network component for supporting packet forwarding in a United Router Farm (URF), the network component comprising a processor configured to receive a packet, encapsulate the packet using a URF header comprising a URF Layer Two (L2) header that indicates Media Access Control (MAC) addresses of current and next hops, an outer label that indicates a tunnel to a destination node in the URF, and an inner label that indicates an egress port on the destination node, and send the packet to a next hop in the URF after encapsulating the packet.
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