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Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2012
Applicants:

Jean-philippe Vasseur, Saint Martin d'Uriage, FR;

Gilman Tolle, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sumit Rangwala, Fremont, CA (US);

Philip Buonadonna, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jean-Philippe Vasseur, Saint Martin d'Uriage, FR;

Gilman Tolle, San Francisco, CA (US);

Sumit Rangwala, Fremont, CA (US);

Philip Buonadonna, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/044 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 43/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, an aggregation device within a computer network domain receives one or more capability messages from one or more devices in the computer network domain. The aggregation device may then aggregate device capabilities from the capability messages, and provides the aggregated device capabilities to a management device located outside of the computer network domain.


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