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US 2010/0061366 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for link sharing among logical routers
AssigneeVerizon Corporate Services Group Inc.
InventorsChristopher N. DelRegno, Scott R. KOTRLA, Matthew W. Turlington
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Abstract
An approach is provided for sharing capacity among multiple logical routers. A request from one of a plurality of logical routers is received for reserving bandwidth corresponding to a port shared by the logical routers. Reservation of the bandwidth is confirmed within a forwarding plane before granting the request to the one logical router.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- receiving a request from one of a plurality of logical routers for reserving bandwidth corresponding to a port shared by the logical routers;
- and
- confirming reservation of the bandwidth within a forwarding plane before granting the request to the one logical router.
An apparatus comprising:
- a control plane configured to receive a request from one of a plurality of logical routers for reserving bandwidth corresponding to a port shared by the logical routers;
- and
- a forwarding plane configured to confirm reservation of the bandwidth before granting the request to the one logical router.
A routing platform comprising:
- a plurality of logical routers configured to share a port, wherein one of the logical routers is configured to generate a request for reserving bandwidth corresponding to the port;
- a plurality of control planes corresponding to the logical routers, wherein the control planes are configured to execute a routing protocol;
- and
- a forwarding plane coupled to the control planes and configured to confirm reservation of the bandwidth within the forwarding plane before granting the request to the one logical router.
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