Bidirectional translation of network edge virtualization encapsulation to core network virtualization encapsulation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8934501-B2
Application number	US-201213493985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2012
Priority date	Jun 11, 2012
Publication date	Jan 13, 2015
Grant date	Jan 13, 2015

Abstract

A method, system and computer readable medium for bidirectional translation of edge network virtualization encapsulation and core network virtualization encapsulation are described. The method can include receiving a customer data frame and removing an edge network virtualization encapsulation header (e.g., VXLAN, NVGRE or VLAN header) and adding a core network virtualization encapsulation header (e.g., a MAC-in-MAC header). The customer data frame can be forwarded in a core network (e.g., an SPBm network) utilizing the core network virtualization encapsulation header, which can be translated back to an edge network virtualization encapsulation header at a receiving switch.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for bidirectional translation of edge network virtualization encapsulation to core network virtualization encapsulation, the method comprising:
receiving a multicast customer data frame at a first switch, the customer data frame having a first multicast edge network virtualization encapsulation header;
removing the first multicast edge network virtualization encapsulation header from the customer data frame;
adding a multicast core network virtu…

Assignees

• Ramesh Deepak
• Avaya Inc

Inventors

• Ramesh Deepak

Classifications

• H04L12/18 Primary

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• H04L12/462 Primary

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