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US 2017/0324647 A1Published application
End point mapping service to assist transport segment routing
AssigneeInfinera Corporation
InventorsMadhukar Anand, Ramesh Subrahmaniam, Sanjoy Bardhan
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Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems for mapping transport segment labels to packet network endpoints using a mapping server. In some implementations, an end point address in an edge domain is received from an edge router, a mapping of one of the end point address to a transport segment label is received from a network device, the mapping is stored in a non-transitory memory device, and the mapping is transmitted to the edge router.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, from an edge router of a packet-based network, an end point address in an edge domain of the packet-based network;
- receiving, from a first device of the packet-based network, a mapping of a transport segment label to the end point address;
- storing the mapping in a non-transitory memory device;
- and
- on a condition that a request for the mapping is received from a second network device of the packet network, transmitting the mapping to the second network device.
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A mapping server comprising:
- transceiver circuitry configured to communicate with at least one edge router of a packet-based network and receive an end point address in an edge domain from the edge router;
- the transceiver circuitry further configured to communicate with at least a first network device of the packet-based network and to receive a mapping of a transport segment label to the end point address;
- memory circuitry configured to store the mapping in a non-transitory memory device;
- and
- the transceiver circuitry further configured to transmit the mapping to a second network device on the packet network on a condition that a request for the mapping is received from the second network device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.