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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Ramanathan Lakshmikanthan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Albert Jining Tian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wenhu Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Evgeny Tantsura, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method is implemented by a node for enabling shortest path bridging in a network that is scalable to support sixteen million virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers using multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) encapsulation. The method comprises allocating a tunnel label using a distributed tunnel label allocation algorithm, allocating a source label using a distributed source label allocation algorithm, assigning a bridge instance a service label, and distributing the tunnel label, source label and service label to other nodes in the MPLS network.