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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Florin Balus, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xiang-ling Tan, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeroen Dhollander, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Florin Balus, Cupertino, CA (US);
Xiang-Ling Tan, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeroen Dhollander, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A Multiple Registration Protocol (MRP) advertisement control capability is provided. A method includes receiving an MRP advertisement at a device configured as an interface between a core domain and a local domain and determining handling of the MRP advertisement at the device using at least one MRP policy stored on the device. The core domain may be a Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) network or other suitable core network. The local domain may be one of a PBB network, a Provider Bridging Network (PBN), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), and the like. In one case, when the MRP advertisement is associated with a local service of the local domain, the MRP policy indicates that the MRP advertisement is not to be forwarded via the core domain. In one case, when the MRP advertisement is associated with an inter-domain service supported by the local domain, the MRP policy indicates that the MRP advertisement is to be forwarded to the core domain when received from the local domain and is to be forwarded to the local domain when received from the core domain.