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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Suran Saminda de Silva, Saratoga, CA (US);
Chiajen Tsai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Liqin Dong, San Jose, CA (US);
Yibin Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 45/54 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01);
Abstract
Packet transmission techniques are disclosed herein. An exemplary method includes receiving a packet that identifies an internet protocol (IP) address assigned to more than one destination node; selecting a virtual routing and forwarding table based, at least in part, on a segmentation identification in the packet; identifying a designated destination node in the packet based, at least in part, on the selected virtual routing and forwarding table; and transmitting the packet to the designated destination node.