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NVGRE biomodal tunnel mesh

US9419894B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23Claims

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Assignee

Futurewei Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Peter Ashwood-Smith · Murrieta, US
Guoli Yin · Ottawa, CA
Yapeng Wu · Ottawa, CA

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 30, 2013
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 22, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L61/103
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method implemented by a hypervisor located in a first network device (ND), the method comprising sending to and receiving from a second ND a first type of packet, wherein each packet of the first type of packet comprises media access control (MAC) layer information of a client; and sending to and receiving from a third ND a second type of packet, wherein each packet of the second type of packet contains no client MAC layer information.

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