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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2008
Applicants:
Daniel J. Cimino, Oak Park, CA (US);
Stephen R. Haddock, La Honda, CA (US);
Matthew T. Knudstrup, Camarillo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel J. Cimino, Oak Park, CA (US);
Stephen R. Haddock, La Honda, CA (US);
Matthew T. Knudstrup, Camarillo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Extreme Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) identifier (PPP ID) value of a PPP frame, including data, is converted to an associated Ethernet Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) tag identifier (ID) value to enable the PPP ID value information to be communicated in an Ethernet frame to the next transmission layer for use in routing the data from the PPP frame.