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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2018
Telia Company Ab, Solna, SE;
Babak Tamizkar, Stockholm, SE;
TELIA COMPANY AB, Solna, SE;
Abstract
The embodiments herein relate to methods and routers. One method includes: receiving a data packet from a source host router connected to a source host, said packet comprising a source IP address of the source host and a destination IP address of a destination host, the data packet being received on an interface of the source edge router identified by a virtual private network identity, VRF-ID; extracting, from a configuration information on said interface, of the source edge router, a zone-identity, zone-ID, of a destination edge router to which a destination host router is associated, wherein the destination host router is connected to the destination host, adding the zone-ID and the VRF-ID at Layer 2.5 of the data packet; and sending the data packet towards the destination edge router having the assigned zone-ID.