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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2006
Samer I. Nubani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mahidas Prabhanjan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lisa H. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
David Tseng, Fremont, CA (US);
Samer I. Nubani, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mahidas Prabhanjan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lisa H. Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
David Tseng, Fremont, CA (US);
Tellabs San Jose, Inc., Naperville, IL (US);
Abstract
A method or apparatus in an exemplary embodiment supports first and second layer network nodes that may be configured to communicate with each other via a communications path. In embodiments a first network node communicates via a second network node across a layer 2 network to send data. The first network node is typically on a different link layer protocol than the second network node receiving the data. Thus, the first and second layer network nodes, having different link layer protocols, may communicate with each other. Accordingly, through use of embodiments of this invention, Neighbor Discovery (ND) is possible in a network, such as an IPv6 network, that has protocols incompatible with each other.