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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
May. 08, 2002
Jeffrey Stuart Hansell, Fremont, CA (US);
David Gary Roberts, Fremont, CA (US);
Mahesh Kumar, Fremont, CA (US);
Praveen Ghanashyam Shekokar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kalaine Wong, Los Altos, CA (US);
Jeffrey Stuart Hansell, Fremont, CA (US);
David Gary Roberts, Fremont, CA (US);
Mahesh Kumar, Fremont, CA (US);
Praveen Ghanashyam Shekokar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kalaine Wong, Los Altos, CA (US);
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
Methods and systems for identifying a local domain for a data packet received at an interface through a network are described herein. In one aspect of the invention, an exemplary method includes extracting the network protocol information from the data packet, determining a local domain ID based on multiple layers of network protocol information simultaneously, and assigning the local domain ID to the data packet. Other methods and systems are also described.