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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventor:
Dusan Mudric, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 45/74 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods include determining if a destination address for a destination host is on-link; when the destination address is on-link, negotiating and selecting a Link-Local (LL) source address and a LL destination address that is on-link; and, when the destination address is not on-link, utilizing an address for the destination host separate from LL addresses. The destination host can be a multi-homed host. The negotiating and selecting and the utilizing are based on a plurality of rules performed in order. The plurality of rules are defined in RFC 6724, September 2012.