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App. No. 11/479,122

Apparatus and method for facilitating a virtual private local area network service with realm specific addresses

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App. No.
11/479,122
Abstract

A method of processing traffic in a Virtual Private LAN service includes replacing a MAC address from a packet with a realm specific Virtual Private Network address. The packet with the realm specific Virtual Private Network address is then processed.

Claims (26)

1 . A method of processing traffic in a Virtual Private LAN service, comprising: replacing a MAC address from a packet with a realm specific Virtual Private Network address;

processing said packet with said realm specific Virtual Private Network address.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein replacing includes replacing a MAC address from a packet with a realm specific Virtual Private Network address comprising a site identifier and an index value.

3 . The method of claim 2 wherein replacing includes replacing a MAC address from a packet with authentication information.

4 . The method of claim 2 wherein replacing includes replacing a MAC address from a packet with security information.

5 . The method of claim 2 wherein replacing includes replacing a MAC address from a packet with micro control information.

6 . An apparatus for facilitating a Virtual Private LAN service, comprising:

a customer edge switch configured to:

receive a packet;

map a source MAC address to a site identifier;

assign a MAC address index value to said source MAC address;

revise said source MAC address to include said site identifier and an index value; and

convey said packet with said site identifier and said index value.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said customer edge switch is further configured to revise said source MAC address to include authentication information.

8 . The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said customer edge switch is further configured to revise said source MAC address to include security information.

9 . The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said customer edge switch is further configured to revise said source MAC address to include micro control information.

10 . An apparatus for facilitating a Virtual Private LAN service, comprising:

a customer edge switch configured to:

receive a packet;

identify a modified MAC address;

replace said modified MAC address with a standard MAC address; and

process said packet.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said customer edge switch is configured to replace an index value with said standard MAC address.

12 . The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said customer edge switch is configured to process authentication information in said modified MAC address.

13 . The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said customer edge switch is configured to process security information in said modified MAC address.

14 . The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said customer edge switch is configured to process micro control information in said modified MAC address.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2013
From: SILICON VALLEY BANK
To: ALLIED TELESIS INC
Reel/Frame 031362/0631 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 13, 2008
From: ALLIED TELESIS, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 021669/0455 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 25, 2008
From: ALLIED TELESYN, INC.
To: ALLIED TELESIS, INC.
Reel/Frame 020417/0305 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2006
From: MATTAON, GEOFFREY; YIM, PHILIP; LIM, EU-JIN
To: ALLIED TELESIS, INC.
Reel/Frame 018598/0915 →