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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tissa Senevirathne, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dinesh G. Dutt, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ashok Ganesan, San Jose, CA (US);
Les Ginsberg, Mount Hermon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/462 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some embodiments, a global tree structure identifying rendezvous points between a layer 1 network area and a layer 2 network area may be created. When the rendezvous point receives a data packet associated with a destination for the layer 1 network area from the layer to network area, it may forward the data packet to the destination. Non-rendezvous point devices may discard copies of the data packet.