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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2020
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Bijendra Singh, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Thomas A. Volpe, Austin, TX (US);
Kari Ann OBrien, Austin, TX (US);
Kiran Kalkunte Seshadri, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/741 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 45/586 (2022.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment of the disclosure, packets are routed according to a VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) domain that is represented by a VRF identifier in a VRF-identifier (ID) field of packet headers. In one embodiment of the disclosure, a VRF identifier may be added to a VRF-ID field of a packet header so that the packet is routed according to a VRF domain that the packet belongs to.