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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marcel Wiget, Antibes, FR;
Robert Pluim, Golfe Juan, FR;
Simon David Bryden, La Roquette sur Siagne, FR;
Geoffrey Mattson, Antibes, FR;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, Montreal, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5173 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5173 ;
Abstract
A Multicast-Enabled Address Resolution Protocol (ME-ARP) is disclosed. This ME-ARP allows the building of independent IP based Virtual Private LAN segments (VPLS) over a multicast enabled IP backbone using stateless tunnels and optimal VPLS traffic forwarding. Each VPLS has an associated IP subnet which is completely independent from other VPLS or the underlying IP backbone itself. Each Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) device needs only to be configured with a VPLS identifier and its serving IP subnet per VPLS designated interface.