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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2024
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Sami Boutros, Union City, CA (US);
Muthurajah Sivabalan, Kanata, CA;
David Gilson, Honolulu, HI (US);
Mohammad Furqanul Haq, Ottawa, CA;
Ozgur Bulbul, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A Provider Edge (PE) router includes a plurality of ports configured to connect to one or more Customer Edge (CE) devices, wherein the plurality of ports are in an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) with a second PE router having a second plurality of ports; a static connection configured to connect to the second plurality of ports in the second PE router; and switching circuitry connected to and configured to switch traffic between the plurality of ports, the static connection, and an Internet Protocol (IP) interface connected to an external network, wherein the EVPN is confined to dual homing and protection functionality in the dual homing is performed based on settings in the switching circuitry.