Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Segmentation within a broadcast domain in ethernet VPN
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Application No.: US17103588Application Date: 2020-11-24
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Publication No.: US11695592B2Publication Date: 2023-07-04
- Inventor: Patrice Brissette , Samir Thoria , Ali Sajassi
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L12/54 ; H04L12/66 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L12/70

Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a broadcast, unknown-unicast, or multicast (BUM) frame from a connected device, where the BUM frame is associated with a broadcast domain, determining a segment within the broadcast domain associated with the device, adding to the BUM frame a segment identifier that uniquely identifies the segment within the broadcast domain, and causing the BUM frame to be delivered to one or more recipient network apparatuses in a network associated with the broadcast domain, where the segment identifier added to the BUM frame is configured to be used by the one or more recipient network apparatuses to selectively forward the BUM frame to connected devices that are associated with segment identifier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210083903A1 Segmentation Within a Broadcast Domain in Ethernet VPN Public/Granted day:2021-03-18
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