Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Layer-2 connectivity from switch to access node/gateway
- Patent Title (中): 从交换机到接入节点/网关的二层连接
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Application No.: US13739173Application Date: 2013-01-11
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Publication No.: US09276663B2Publication Date: 2016-03-01
- Inventor: Michael Foxworthy , Girish Chandran , Jason Lau
- Applicant: ViaSat, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Assignee: ViaSat, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ViaSat, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Carlsbad
- Agency: Holland & Hart LLP
- Main IPC: H04B7/185
- IPC: H04B7/185 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W88/16

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for providing layer-2 connectivity through a non-routed ground segment network, are described. A system includes a non-autonomous gateway in communication with a satellite configured to relay data packets. The non-autonomous gateway is configured to receive the data packets from the satellite at layer-1 (LI) of the OSI-model, generate a plurality of virtual tagging tuples within the layer-2 packet headers of the plurality of data packets. The non-autonomous gateway is further configured to transmit, at layer-2 (L2) of the OSI-model, the virtually tagged data packets. Each of the packets may include a virtual tagging tuple and an entity destination. The system further includes a L2 switch in communication with the non-autonomous gateway. The L2 switch may be configured to receive the data packets and transmit the data packets to the entity based on the virtual tuples associated with each of the data packets.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150288443A1 LAYER-2 CONNECTIVITY FROM SWITCH TO ACCESS NODE/GATEWAY Public/Granted day:2015-10-08
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