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Patent No.:

US 11750560 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2021

Zero touch provisioning for a network element over ipv6 unnumbered interfaces in ospfv3 networks

Applicant:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Inventors:

Cheng Peng, Nepean, CA;

Alex Banc, Ottawa, CA;

Muthukumar Balachandran, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Attorneys:

Baratta Law PLLC

Lawrence A. Baratta, Jr.

Primary Examiner:

Elton Williams

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/5046 (2022.01); H04L 45/12 (2022.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/5046 (2022.05); H04L 45/12 (2013.01); H04L 61/5007 (2022.05);
Abstract

A Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) client, such as a network element, includes one or more processors and memory comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to configure an unnumbered interface to communicate via Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and communicate to a server over a network, wherein the unnumbered interface is an interface which does not have an IPv6 address which is routable in the network, auto provision Open Shortest Path First version 3 (OSPFv3) based on a reply from a DHCPv6 relay agent, and request data from the network for provisioning.

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Peng, Cheng. (2023). Zero touch provisioning for a network element over ipv6 unnumbered interfaces in ospfv3 networks (U.S. Patent No. 11750560). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11750560

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