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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2010
Applicants:

Vijayabhaskar Annamalai Kalusivalingam, San Jose, CA (US);

Jaihari Loganathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ravi Shekhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jeelani Syed, Bangalore, IN;

Quaizar Vohra, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vijayabhaskar Annamalai Kalusivalingam, San Jose, CA (US);

Jaihari Loganathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Ravi Shekhar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jeelani Syed, Bangalore, IN;

Quaizar Vohra, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/937 (2013.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 49/354 (2013.01); H04L 49/253 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, a system includes a first network control entity, a second network control entity and a third network control entity. The first network control entity and the second network control entity are associated with a first network segment. The third network control entity is associated with a second network segment. The first network control entity is operable to send to the second network control entity an identifier of the first network segment and forwarding-state information associated with a data port at a first network element. The second network control entity is operable to receive the identifier of the first network segment and the forwarding-state information. The second network control entity is operable to send the forwarding-state information to a second network element. The first network control entity does not send the identifier of the first network segment and the forwarding-state information to the third network control entity.


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