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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Allied Telesis Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Allied Telesis, Inc., Bothell, WA (US);
Graeme Keith Campbell, Christchurch, NZ;
Geoffrey Douglas McCaughan, Rangoria, NZ;
ALLIED TELESIS HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a system that includes a first network area, a second network area, and a third network area. The first network area includes a first master node and a first set of switches for forwarding network data through the first network area. The first master node is configured to manage the first set of switches. The second network area includes a second master node and a second set of switches for forwarding network data through the second network area. The second master node is configured to manage the second set of switches. The third network area includes a controller configured to manage the first and second sets of switches through the first and second master nodes.