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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
May. 02, 2012
Niel D. Warren, Soquel, CA (US);
Girault W. Jones, Jr., Cupertino, CA (US);
Raymond B. Montagne, Cascade, ID (US);
Matthew X. Mora, Fremont, CA (US);
Brett D. George, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael W. Murphy, Menlo Park, CA (US);
William P. Cornelius, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Niel D. Warren, Soquel, CA (US);
Girault W. Jones, Jr., Cupertino, CA (US);
Raymond B. Montagne, Cascade, ID (US);
Matthew X. Mora, Fremont, CA (US);
Brett D. George, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael W. Murphy, Menlo Park, CA (US);
William P. Cornelius, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for efficiently transporting data through network tunnels. In one embodiment, a tunneled device advertises certain capabilities to peer devices of a network, and discovers capabilities of peer devices of the network. In a second embodiment, each device of a tunneled network derives a network parameter from a transit protocol parameter for use in data networking.