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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 12/703 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01); H04L 61/6022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A routing device and a further routing device of a switched network form a virtual router and are addressable by a virtual Media Access Control (MAC) address. The further routing device receives at least one data frame and sends, to the routing device, a request instructing the routing device to send an alert message for conveying information about the virtual MAC address throughout the switched network.