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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2011
Yizhou LI, Nanjing, CN;
Yingjie Gu, Nanjing, CN;
T. Benjamin Mack-crane, Downers Grove, IL;
Robert Sultan, Somers, NY (US);
Yizhou Li, Nanjing, CN;
Yingjie Gu, Nanjing, CN;
T. Benjamin Mack-Crane, Downers Grove, IL;
Robert Sultan, Somers, NY (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising an edge virtual bridging (EVB) bridge, and an EVB station coupled to the EVB bridge, wherein the EVB station is configured to send to the EVB bridge a virtual station interface (VSI) discovery and configuration protocol (VDP) request comprising a filter information (info) field without specifying a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (ID), and wherein the EVB bridge is configured to send a VLAN ID (VID) to the EVB station in a second filter info field in a VDP response to the VDP request.