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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2004
James N. Guichard, New Boston, NH (US);
Mohammed Sayeed, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Bertrand Duvivier, Wepion, BE;
Daniel Tappan, Boxborough, MA (US);
W. Scott Wainner, Potomac Falls, VA (US);
Earl Hardin Booth, Iii, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher Metz, Danville, CA (US);
W. Mark Townsley, Paris, FR;
Wojciech Dec, Amsterdam, NL;
James N. Guichard, New Boston, NH (US);
Mohammed Sayeed, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Bertrand Duvivier, Wepion, BE;
Daniel Tappan, Boxborough, MA (US);
W. Scott Wainner, Potomac Falls, VA (US);
Earl Hardin Booth, III, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher Metz, Danville, CA (US);
W. Mark Townsley, Paris, FR;
Wojciech Dec, Amsterdam, NL;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer program product for routing data within a packet-switched network using a PW wherein the PW is terminated directly on the layer-3 routing device such that certain services and applications can be utilized is presented. The method, apparatus and computer program product receives an encapsulated layer-2 Protocol Data Unit (PDU) from a pseudowire emulating a service. The encapsulation is removed from the encapsulated layer-2 PDU and a layer-2 circuit associated with the pseudowire is terminated. The circuit is treated as an interface and the PDU is forwarded based on upper layer protocol information within the PDU.