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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Inventor:
Donald Eggleston Eastlake, III, Apopka, FL (US);
Assignee:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/321 (2022.01); H04L 45/24 (2022.01); H04L 61/25 (2022.01); H04L 101/622 (2022.01); H04L 101/695 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/321 (2013.01); H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 61/25 (2013.01); H04L 2101/622 (2022.05); H04L 2101/695 (2022.05);
Abstract
A method for communication between nodes, where the method includes: constructing, by a first Layer 3 node, a link local control frame; adding, by the first Layer 3 node, a destination group Media Access Control (MAC) address to the link local control frame, wherein the destination group MAC address is outside a block of destination group MAC addresses assigned for Ethernet bridging purposes; and transmitting, by the first Layer 3 node, the link local control frame to a second Layer 3 node.