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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2024
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jitendra Kumar Singh, Bangalore, IN;
Andrzej W. Szyszko, Holden, MA (US);
Rohan Meegada, Bangalore, IN;
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
NAPT services are provided, preferably inline on the 'fast path' on bundled links. One of the member links is selected as “anchor.” When uplink traffic arrives on the any of the member links, the link's forwarding path looks to the NAPT binding entry in its forwarding path. If a binding entry is found, NAPT is performed in an inline manner (without requiring any other device), and the traffic is forwarded. If a binding entry is not found, the received traffic is forwarded to the anchor. The anchor allocates the port and creates a NAPT binding on all the member links. Downlink traffic performs lookup for reverse NAPT binding entry in the link's forwarding path. If a matching entry is found, the forwarding path of the link performs NAPT. If there is no matching binding entry, the downlink traffic is dropped. Stale binding entries are “aged out”, enabling dynamic NAPT.