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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Sitting Man, Llc, Madison, GA (US);
Inventor:
Robert Paul Morris, Madison, GA (US);
Assignee:
SITTING MAN, LLC, Madison, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 45/566 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01);
Abstract
In various embodiments, a method and apparatus are configured to receive, at a node in a first access network, a data packet, wherein the first access network is connected, via a first area edge node, to a first area of a subdivided network; receive, from a centralized controller for the subdivided network, a segment identifier data structure, wherein the segment identifier data structure encodes a path extending from the first area edge node to a second access network; encapsulate the data packet; and forward the encapsulated data packet toward the first area edge node.