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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Wojciech Dec, Amsterdam, NL;
Yves Hertoghs, Schilde, BE;
Norman W. Finn, Livermore, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operation for a node of an Ethernet access network includes issuing a multicast message on the Ethernet access network by a maintenance end point (MEP) of the node. The multicast message contains a name of a target MEP. The node is further operable to receive a unicast reply message from the target MEP, the unicast message reply containing a MEP identifier (MEP-ID) and a MEP Media Access Control (MAC) address of the target MEP.