- Patent Title: Point-to-multipoint layer-2 network extension over layer-3 network
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Application No.: US17932960Application Date: 2022-09-16
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Publication No.: US12047277B2Publication Date: 2024-07-23
- Inventor: Abilash Menon , Anna Yungelson , Scott A. McCulley , Jacob Dionne
- Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04L45/24
- IPC: H04L45/24 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L45/00 ; H04L45/16 ; H04L45/42 ; H04L45/745 ; H04L61/103 ; H04L67/146 ; H04L101/622

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed for session-based routing of multipoint Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model Layer-2 (L2) frames of an L2 network extended over Layer-3 (L3) networks. In one example, L2 networks connect a source device to an ingress router and receiver devices to egress routers. An L3 network connects the ingress and egress routers. The ingress router receives, from the source device, a multipoint L2 frame destined for the receiver devices. The ingress router forms, for each egress router that is connected to at least one multipoint receiver device, a unicast L3 packet for the L2 frame and forwards the unicast L3 packet to the egress router. Each egress router generates, in response to receiving the unicast L3 packet, the multipoint L2 frame and forwards, to the receiver devices, the multipoint L2 frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230009482A1 POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT LAYER-2 NETWORK EXTENSION OVER LAYER-3 NETWORK Public/Granted day:2023-01-12
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