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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2007
Praveen Bhagwatula, Cary, NC (US);
Sanjeev Rampal, Cary, NC (US);
Charles Allen Carriker, Cary, NC (US);
Praveen Bhagwatula, Cary, NC (US);
Sanjeev Rampal, Cary, NC (US);
Charles Allen Carriker, Cary, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one example embodiment, a method may include receiving a service advertisement message from an advertising node via a ring-based network, determining a service map based on the received service advertisement message, and transmitting data to the advertising node. The service advertisement message may include an address of the advertising node and a service ID for one or more services. The service map may indicate an association between the address of the advertising node and the one or more service IDs. The transmitting data to the advertising node may include transmitting data for at least one of the services to the advertising node based on the service map via the ring-based network.