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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Patrice Bellagamba, Saint-Raphael, FR;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04L 12/705 (2013.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/703 (2013.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/14 (2006.01); H04Q 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/22 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2013.01); H04L 12/462 (2013.01); H04L 41/0654 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/18 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 45/68 (2013.01); H04L 69/40 (2013.01); H04Q 3/0079 (2013.01); H04L 1/22 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0081 (2013.01); H04Q 2213/167 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system includes a first network, a second network, and a core network connecting the first network to the second network. The first network includes a first set of two or more network devices, wherein the first network has a first spanning tree associated therewith. Similarly, the second network includes a second set of two or more network devices, wherein the second network has a second spanning tree associated therewith, wherein the second spanning tree is separate from the first spanning tree.