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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2011
William J. Armstrong, Rochester, MN (US);
Claude Basso, Raleigh, NC (US);
Chih-jen Chang, Apex, NC (US);
Josep Cors, Rochester, MN (US);
Daniel G. Eisenhauer, Austin, TX (US);
Henry J. May, Mantorville, MN (US);
Christoph Raisch, Gerlingen, DE;
Renato J. Recio, Austin, TX (US);
Colin B. Verrilli, Apex, NC (US);
Chetan S. Yaliwal, Campbell, CA (US);
William J. Armstrong, Rochester, MN (US);
Claude Basso, Raleigh, NC (US);
Chih-Jen Chang, Apex, NC (US);
Josep Cors, Rochester, MN (US);
Daniel G. Eisenhauer, Austin, TX (US);
Henry J. May, Mantorville, MN (US);
Christoph Raisch, Gerlingen, DE;
Renato J. Recio, Austin, TX (US);
Colin B. Verrilli, Apex, NC (US);
Chetan S. Yaliwal, Campbell, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A network node that forwards traffic of a converged network received from a source end node receives a second message addressed to the network node, but intended for the source end node. The second message includes at least a portion of a first message originated by the source end node and previously forwarded by the network node. The network node extracts from the first message a source identifier of the source end node in a first communication protocol and determines by reference to a data structure a destination address of the second message in a second communication protocol. The network node modifies the second message to include the destination address and forwards the second message toward the source end node in accordance with the destination address.