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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
T. Benjamin Mack-Crane, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Susan Kay Hares, Saline, MI (US);
Charles E. Perkins, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/915 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/022 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 47/785 (2013.01); H04L 61/106 (2013.01); H04L 61/6004 (2013.01); H04L 61/605 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for providing a link identifier (LID), wherein the method comprises obtaining a first identifier block (IDB) that identifies an external interface within a first domain using a first identifying scheme, obtaining a second IDB that identifies a second external interface within a second domain using a second identifying scheme, creating the LID that comprises the first IDB and the second IDB, and advertising the LID to one or more external entities.