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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2006
Robert Nicolas Louis Peschi, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, BE;
Rafael Huysegems, Walem, BE;
Wouter Dirk Helena DE Maere, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Robert Nicolas Louis Peschi, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, BE;
Rafael Huysegems, Walem, BE;
Wouter Dirk Helena De Maere, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Alcatel-Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
In access multiplexers () for multiplexing Internet Protocol packets to be exchanged between network devices () and subscriber devices (-), the Internet Protocol packets are encapsulated at each side of the access multiplexers (). By providing the access multiplexers () with Internet Protocol routers (-) for routing the Internet Protocol packets via direction dependent routes, the access multiplexers () have become transparent for routing protocols at Internet Protocol level which use multicast Internet Protocol destination addresses or broadcast Internet Protocol destination addresses. Between the network devices () and the access multiplexers () Ethernet packets are exchanged via virtual local area network connections (-) and between the subscriber devices (-) and the access multiplexers () Asynchronous Transfer Mode packets are exchanged via permanent virtual connections (-). The access multiplexers () are digital subscriber line access multiplexers and the network devices () comprise edge routers and the subscriber devices (-) comprise customer premises equipment.