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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:
Jan. 09, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Inventors:

Sami Boutros, Union City, CA (US);

Siva Sivabalan, Kanata, CA;

Himanshu Shah, Hopkinton, MA (US);

Peng He, East Brunswick, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/50 (2022.01); H04L 47/70 (2022.01); G06F 13/40 (2006.01); H04L 45/48 (2022.01); H04L 61/103 (2022.01); H04L 45/44 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/50 (2013.01); G06F 13/4022 (2013.01); H04L 45/44 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04L 47/825 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01);
Abstract

A node in a Segment Routing network includes circuitry configured to signal first service Segment Identifiers (SIDs), for one or more first Ethernet services configured at the node, to other nodes in the Segment Routing network, receive second service SIDs for one or more second Ethernet services configured at the other nodes in the Segment Routing network, and configure the second service SIDs for one or more second Ethernet services. The first service SIDs and the second service SIDs can be signaled by one of Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).


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