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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Jean-philippe Vasseur, Dunstable, MA (US);
Jeff Apcar, Willoughby, AU;
Inventors:
Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Dunstable, MA (US);
Jeff Apcar, Willoughby, AU;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a sliced tunnel is signaled between a head-end node and a tail-end node. One or more fork nodes along the sliced tunnel are configured to furcate the sliced tunnel into a plurality of child tunnels of the sliced tunnel. Also, one or more merge nodes along the sliced tunnel are configured to merge a plurality of child tunnels of the sliced tunnel that intersect at the merge node.