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Multipath virtual router redundancy

US9049106B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Joseph M. Regan · Pleasanton, US
Ron E. Haberman · Ekeren, BE
Wenao Hu · San Jose, US
Paul Kwok · Mountain View, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 23, 2013
Grant date	Jun 2, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 23, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L45/021
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Providing gateway redundancy is disclosed. On each of a master and a standby gateway a single IP routing redundancy protocol instance is associated with a plurality of subscriber subnets. On each gateway, the respective single IP routing redundancy protocol instance is used to provide gateway redundancy for the plurality of subscriber subnets.

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