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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Luca Martini, Denver, CO (US);
W. Mark Townsley, Nashville, TN (US);
Earl Hardin Booth, III, Raleigh, NC (US);
Christopher Metz, Danville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing information in a network by way of a Pseudowire switching TLV is presented. A second device in the network receives a first message having information relating to a first device in the network. The second device appends information relating to the second device (by way of a Pseudowire switching TLV) to the first message, resulting in a second message. The second message is then forwarded to a third device in the network.