Mobility integration with fabric enabled network
View Patent ↗Systems, methods and computer readable media for mobility integration with fabric-enabled networks are described. Some implementations can include a method comprising terminating, using one or more processors, an access tunnel at an edge switch of a fabric-enabled network, and establishing, using the one or more processors, a mobility tunnel with the edge switch. The method can also include mapping, using the one or more processors, a mobility network to a service identifier associated with the mobility network. The method can further include forwarding, using the one or more processors, traffic for the mobility network from the edge switch to another edge switch across the fabric enabled network, wherein the traffic includes the service identifier.
1. A method comprising:
terminating, using one or more processors, an access tunnel at an edge switch of a fabric-enabled network, wherein the fabric enabled network includes a shortest path bridging mac-in-mac encapsulation (SPBm) network;
establishing, using the one or more processors, a mobility tunnel with the edge switch;
mapping, using the one or more processors, a mobility VLAN network to a service instance identifier (ISID) of the SPBm network so as to associate the ISID with the mobility VLAN network; and
forwarding, using the one or more processors, traffic for the mobility VLAN network from the edge switch to another edge switch across the fabric enabled network according to an ISID value within the traffic.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the edge switch includes a backbone edge bridge.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobility tunnel is established between a wireless switching plane component and the edge switch.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that a client device is roaming to a different access point; and
dynamically binding the mobility VLAN network to a service instance identifier (ISID) at a wireless switching plane component associated with the different access point.
5. A system comprising one or more processors configured to perform operations including:
terminating, using one or more processors, an access tunnel at an edge switch of a fabric-enabled network, wherein the fabric enabled network includes a shortest path bridging mac-in-mac encapsulation (SPBm) network;
establishing, using the one or more processors, a mobility tunnel with the edge switch;
interconnecting, using the one or more processors, the mobility tunnel on the edge switch with another mobility tunnel associated with a wireless switching plane component;
mapping, using the one or more processors, a mobility VLAN network to a service instance identifier (ISID) of the SPBm network so as to associate the ISID with the mobility VLAN network; and
exchanging, using the one or more processors, traffic from the mobility tunnel associated with the edge switch with traffic from the other mobility tunnel associated with the wireless switching plane component according to an ISID value within the traffic.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the edge switch includes a backbone edge bridge.
7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the other mobility tunnel is established between a wireless switching plane component and a non-fabric enabled network.
8. The system of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining that a client device is roaming to a different access point; and
dynamically binding the mobility VLAN network to a service instance identifier (ISID) at a wireless switching plane component associated with the different access point.
9. A nontransitory computer readable medium having stored thereon software instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
terminating, using one or more processors, an access tunnel at an edge switch of a fabric-enabled network, wherein the fabric enabled network includes a shortest path bridging mac-in-mac encapsulation (SPBm) network;
establishing, using the one or more processors, a mobility tunnel with the edge switch;
mapping, using the one or more processors, a mobility VLAN network to a service instance identifier (ISID) of the SPBm network so as to associate the ISID with the mobility VLAN network; and
forwarding, using the one or more processors, traffic for the mobility VLAN network from the edge switch to another edge switch across the fabric enabled network, wherein the traffic includes the ISID associated with the mobility VLAN.
10. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the edge switch includes a backbone edge bridge.
11. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the mobility tunnel is established between a wireless switching plane component and the edge switch.
12. The nontransitory computer readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising:
determining that a client device is roaming to a different access point; and
dynamically binding the mobility VLAN network to a service instance identifier (ISID) at a wireless switching plane component associated with the different access point.