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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2020
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Israel Means, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Assignee:
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/50 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 45/741 (2022.01); H04L 45/586 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/507 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/741 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes sending a request for services from a Virtual Machine (VM) in an external cloud network to a provider multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) network, establishing a multi-protocol border gateway protocol (MP-BGP) session between the provider MPLS network and the external cloud network, exchanging control plane updates between the provider MPLS network and the cloud network and processing paths between the provider MPLS network and the remote VM.