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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Matteo Varvello, Port Monmouth, NJ (US);
Diego Perino, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Jairo Esteban, Freehold, NJ (US);
Matteo Varvello, Port Monmouth, NJ (US);
Diego Perino, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Jairo Esteban, Freehold, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at the first network device, a message to be forwarded; determining a destination address for the message; determining whether the destination address is assigned to the first network device; if the destination address is not assigned to the first network device, querying a second network device for a next hop of the destination address; receiving, in response to the query, an indication of the next hop for the destination address; and forwarding, by the first network device in response to the indication of the next hop, the message to the next hop.