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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Roberto Kobo, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Frank Peraza, Tucson, AZ (US);

Omer Ali, San Jose, CA (US);

Muhammad Ahmad Imam, Milpitas, CA (US);

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 12/42 (2006.01); H04L 12/717 (2013.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 12/42 (2013.01); H04L 45/42 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01);
Abstract

Network link redundancy may be provided. A node comprising a virtualization of a network topology comprising a plurality of devices may be provided. Next, the node may be provided with at least two ports. Each of the at least two ports may respectively comprise an inside facing portion that uses a first protocol and an outside facing portion that uses a second protocol. The node may operate using the first protocol. A behavioral mode of the at least two ports may be controlled and the behavioral mode of the at least two ports may be communicated to at least one other node outside the node.


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