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AssigneeCiena Corporation
InventorsAshutosh Aggarwal, Aditya Mittal, Pankaj Verma, Sudipta Das
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Systems and methods for incorporating a new channel-type value in the header of a Generic Associated Channel (G-ACh) for Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) Layer-2 packets over Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks are provided. The channel-type value of the G-ACh header may be used for identification of the network-generated CFM Layer-2 packets. In one implementation, a system may include a processing device and a memory device, where the memory device may be configured to store instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to obtain a Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) packet, encapsulate the CFM packet with Pseudo-Wire (PW) and Label-Switched Path (LSP) labels to create an expanded packet, and incorporate a specific channel-type value in a G-ACh header of the expanded packet to uniquely identify the CFM packet.
A system configured to operate in a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, comprising
A network element of a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, the network element includes circuitry configured to
A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store programmable computer logic having instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processing devices, that are configured to operate in operate iwthin a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, to
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