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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2010
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, CA (US);
Xuemin Chen, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
David Garrett, Tustin, CA (US);
David Lundgren, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Rich Prodan, Niwot, CO (US);
Wael William Diab, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, CA (US);
Xuemin Chen, Rancho Santa Fe, CA (US);
David Garrett, Tustin, CA (US);
David Lundgren, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Rich Prodan, Niwot, CO (US);
BROADCOM CORPORATION, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A broadband gateway may be operable to receive network topology information to enable peer-to-peer communications between a first communication device and a second communication device. The first communication device is communicatively coupled to the broadband gateway. The broadband gateway may be operable to handle at least one physical layer connection to at least one corresponding network access service provider. A communication link which may bypass core layer network components and/or resources for enabling the peer-to-peer communications between the first communication device and the second communication device may be established by the broadband gateway, based on the received network topology information, a location of the first communication device and a location of the second communication device. The broadband gateway may establish the communication link to enable the peer-to-peer communications by marking traffic such as by inserting QinQ tags into traffic between the first communication device and the second communication device.