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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Etienne Martineau, Gatineau, CA;
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/751 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, computer readable medium, and system that includes receiving a request for a topology path for a designated device, the request comprising a bus device function representation that identifies the designated device, determining the topology path based, at least in part, on the bus device function representation such that the topology path provides a deterministic representation of a route to the designated device, and replying with the topology path is disclosed.