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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Viasat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Michael Foxworthy, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Girish Chandran, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Jason Lau, Lafayette, LA (US);
ViaSat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing end-to-end L2 connectivity, are described. The system includes satellites configured to transmit data packets. The system further includes a first non-autonomous gateway in communication with the satellites. The first non-autonomous gateway is configured to receive the data packets from the satellites at L1, generate virtual tagging tuples within L2 packet headers of the data packets, and transmit the data packets each including a virtual tagging tuple. The system further includes a L2 switch in communication with the first non-autonomous gateway. The L2 switch is configured to receive the virtually tagged data packets and transmit the virtually tagged data packets. Further, the system includes a second non-autonomous gateway in communication with the L2 switch. The second non-autonomous gateway configured to receive the virtually tagged data packets and transmit the virtually tagged data packets to an entity based on the virtual tagging tuple associated with each of the virtually tagged packets.