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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Applicant:
Joe Regan, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventor:
Joe Regan, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 12/2602 (2013.01); H04L 43/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 69/168 (2013.01); H04L 43/026 (2013.01); H04L 69/08 (2013.01); H04L 69/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Data mirroring in a service such as a virtual private LAN service is disclosed. Data packets, segments, frames, or other forms of encapsulation may be mirrored off of a core network (e.g., IP, TCP) to one or more mirroring destinations without using a parallel network. Encapsulation techniques are provided that enable packets to be mirrored and transmitted across services such as VPLS, MPLS, and others to a mirror destination. Once received at the mirror destination, mirrored packets may be used for troubleshooting in a more efficient and less resource and time-consuming manner.