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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2003
Applicants:
Onno Mark Becker Hof, Zoetermeer, NL;
Said Ouissal, Amsterdam, NL;
Inventors:
Onno Mark Becker Hof, Zoetermeer, NL;
Said Ouissal, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Redback Networks Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for agnostic PPPoE switching is described. A method in a network element comprises converting Point to Point Protocol (PPP) protocol data units (PDUs) encapsulated according to different protocols into PPP PDUs with a uniform encapsulation, and transmitting the uniformly encapsulated PPP PDUs.