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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Alcatel-lucent, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Erel Ortacdag, Ottawa, CA;
Alp Dibirdi, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/54 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method for routing an incoming packet to a destination, the method including: receiving, at a network device, the incoming packet; determining a destination address of the packet; determining that the destination address is not included in a routing table on the network device; sending a message to a companion device, wherein the message includes the destination address; receiving from the companion device, at the network device, a routing indicator for the destination address; and sending the packet towards a destination consistent with the routing indicator.