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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2006
Rajesh Balay, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vijay Srinivasan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sanjeev Tyagi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Pasula Srinivasa Reddy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chandramouli Sargor, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Crawbuck, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Rajesh Balay, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vijay Srinivasan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sanjeev Tyagi, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Pasula Srinivasa Reddy, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chandramouli Sargor, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Crawbuck, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and Systems are provided for a distributed Provider Edge (PE). A single Virtual Routing and Forwarding device (VRF) is associated with a single customer site. The VRF includes a single routing table (RIB) and a single forwarding table (FIB). The VRF also includes a plurality of Virtual Private Network (VPN) Protocol Instance Modules (VRP), where each VRP is associated with a different VPN from the customer site. Each VRP accesses the RIB directly and the FIB indirectly to acquiring addressing/routing information for a received data packet. Moreover, each VRP uses a data plane of the VRP to communicate the data packets to a PE backbone device. In turn, the PE backbone device uses the data plane to communicate with each of the VRPs, and the PE backbone device communicates with one or more tunnels.
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