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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2006
John Evans, London, GB;
Francois L. Le Faucheur, Valbonne, FR;
Bruce Thompson, Saratoga, CA (US);
Wojciech Dec, Amsterdam, NL;
John Evans, London, GB;
Francois L. Le Faucheur, Valbonne, FR;
Bruce Thompson, Saratoga, CA (US);
Wojciech Dec, Amsterdam, NL;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for enabling a layer 2 node associated with an open systems interconnection (OSI) reference model to perform resource reservation protocol (RSVP) processing are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention a layer 2 device associated with an OSI reference model includes a first interface, a processing arrangement, and a second interface. The first interface intercepts a message associated with a on-path signaling protocol for at least one selected from a group including resource reservation and admission control at a layer above layer 2. The processing arrangement processes the message, and the second interface sends the message.