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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2014
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Suresh Kumar Vinapamula Venkata, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Rajesh Mohan, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sarat Kamisetty, Fremont, CA (US);
Reinaldo Penno, San Jose, CA (US);
Sanjay V. Agrawal, San Ramon, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A network device may receive a request from a local device to establish a connection with a another device. The request may include an internal network identifier of the local device. The network device may evaluate a plurality of external network identifiers, associated with the network device based on selected criteria. The network device may also, or alternatively, evaluate the external network identifiers by identifying an external network identifier that is already mapped to, or paired with, the internal network identifier. The network device may select an external network identifier, of the plurality of external network identifiers, based on the evaluation and establish the connection requested by the local device using the internal network identifier and the external network identifier.