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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:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
May. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Inventors:
Kanwar D. Singh, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pradeep G. Jain, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/33 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 2212/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data packet comprising a header, the header having a format associated with a Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) technology is generated at an originating tunnel end point device in a network. A predetermined bit in a reserved portion of the header is set to a predetermined value. The data packet is then transmitted.