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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Landis+gyr Innovations, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Landis+Gyr Innovations, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01); H04L 12/733 (2013.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/749 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 45/122 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01); H04L 47/17 (2013.01); H04L 69/161 (2013.01); H04L 45/741 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
An IP packet may include an IP header and one or more optional IP extension headers. The packet may contain non-IP protocol data in one of the IP extension headers. An application that uses non-IP protocol data may use the non-IP protocol data from the IP extension header. This allows an application designed for a non-IP protocol stack to operate on a device with an IP protocol stack with minimal modification. The non-IP protocol data may alternatively support non-IP routing options within a network or sub-network.