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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2004
Jeanne Emmanuelle Rita DE Jaegher, Brussels, BE;
Razvan Manisor, Antwerp, BE;
Erwin Alfons Constant Six, Laarne, BE;
Jeanne Emmanuelle Rita De Jaegher, Brussels, BE;
Razvan Manisor, Antwerp, BE;
Erwin Alfons Constant Six, Laarne, BE;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method for control of communications from an edge device of an access network, via the provisioning or the non-provisioning of at least one layer 2 destination address of at least one other edge device of the access network to the edge device by a network management module of the access network. The at least one layer 2 destination address is delivered to the edge device on request of the edge device. In an exemplary embodiment, the edge device checks, upon arrival of a packet including at least one layer 2 destination address, whether the at least one layer 2 destination address is stored within a communications restriction filter of the edge device and generates the request including the at least one layer 2 destination address in case the at least one layer 2 destination address is not stored within the communication restriction filter.