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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Marvell Israel (M.i.s.l) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Inventors:
Youval Nachum, Holon, IL;
Tal Mizrahi, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
MARVELL ISRAEL (M.I.S.L) LTD., Yokneam, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network edge bridge including a first communication unit configured to receive a data packet from an access segment of a network, the data packet including a tunnel destination address and at least one Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) tag, a tunnel header constructing unit configured to construct a tunnel header based on the VLAN tag. And a second communication unit that transmits the data packet, including the tunnel header, to an egress device corresponding to the tunnel destination address via an overlay interconnection layer.