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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Ali Najib Saleh, Castaic, CA (US);
Haig Michael Zadikian, McKinney, TX (US);
Zareh Baghdasarian, Richardson, TX (US);
Vahid Parsi, Richardson, TX (US);
Ali Najib Saleh, Castaic, CA (US);
Haig Michael Zadikian, McKinney, TX (US);
Zareh Baghdasarian, Richardson, TX (US);
Vahid Parsi, Richardson, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a network is described. The network includes a number of nodes connected by a number of links. A method according to the present invention provisions a virtual path between a first and a second one of the plurality of nodes by: identifying the first and the second nodes, discovering a physical path from the first node to the second node, and establishing the virtual path. The method discovers a physical path from the first node to the second node by automatically identifying nodes forming the physical path. The method establishes the virtual path by configuring a set of connections between the nodes forming the physical path.