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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Linda Dunbar, Plano, TX (US);
T. Benjamin Mack-crane, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Susan Hares, Saline, MI (US);
Robert Sultan, Somers, NY (US);
Peter Ashwood-smith, Gatineau, CA;
Guoli Yin, Ottawa, CA;
Linda Dunbar, Plano, TX (US);
T. Benjamin Mack-Crane, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Susan Hares, Saline, MI (US);
Robert Sultan, Somers, NY (US);
Peter Ashwood-Smith, Gatineau, CA;
Guoli Yin, Ottawa, CA;
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a service network and a plurality of Layer 2 networks at a plurality of different physical locations coupled to the service network via a plurality of edge nodes at the Layer 2 networks, wherein the edge nodes are configured to maintain a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of a plurality of hosts across the Layer 2 networks, and wherein the IP addresses of the hosts in each of the Layer 2 networks are mapped by the other Layer 2 networks to a Media Access Control (MAC) address of each of the edge nodes in the same Layer 2 networks of the hosts.