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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Suran Saminda de Silva, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chiajen Tsai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Liqin Dong, San Jose, CA (US);
Yibin Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example and includes receiving, at a receiving node, a packet that comprises information indicative of an internet protocol address and a segmentation identification, selecting a virtual routing and forwarding table corresponding with the segmentation identification, identifying a destination node based, at least in part, on the internet protocol address and the virtual routing and forwarding table, and transmitting the packet to the destination node.