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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2001
Applicants:
Siegfried Luft, Vancouver BC, CA;
Gerald Neufeld, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Stiles, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Siegfried Luft, Vancouver BC, CA;
Gerald Neufeld, Los Altos, CA (US);
David Stiles, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Redback Networks Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for a hybrid variable rate pipe is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a computer implemented method of provisioning a non-BLSR protected layer 2/3 channel over a BLSR, provisioning a tunnel over the BLSR, and protecting the non-BLSR protected layer 2/3 channel between a first and second node of the BLSR with the tunnel is described.