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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2012
Applicants:
Rahul Aggarwal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ajay M. Patel, San Ramon, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rahul Aggarwal, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ajay M. Patel, San Ramon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ericsson AB, Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for virtual circuit routes is described. A method in a network element comprises associating a virtual circuit to a layernext hop, the virtual circuit being associated with a layerprotocol specific logical circuit, receiving a packet on the logical circuit, processing the packet with configuration information indicated by the virtual circuit, and forwarding the packet to the layernext hop associated with the virtual circuit without processing the packet's layerheader.