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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:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Lionel Florit, Greenbrae, CA (US);
Jose A. Liste, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Samer M. Salam, Vancouver, CA;
Inventors:
Lionel Florit, Greenbrae, CA (US);
Jose A. Liste, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Samer M. Salam, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
Cisco Technoogy, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes generating a test port in a network environment, positioning the test port on a network element, associating the test port with a bridge domain, and configuring a maintenance point (MP) on the test port. The method further includes using the MP on the test port for connectivity fault management (CFM) operations at a test level.