System, method and apparatus providing MVPN fast failover

PG Jain, KD Singh, J Kotalwar, N Bhau… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system, method and apparatus of failover indication of a Multicast Virtual
Private Networking (MVPN) P-Tunnel at a leaf provider equipment (PE) router. Border …

System and method for fault-tolerance in an inter-carrier network interface

CH Hu - US Patent 7,609,628, 2009 - Google Patents
A system and method are disclosed for fault-tolerance in an inter-carrier network interface. A
system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a PE …

Method and system for discovering and providing near real-time updates of VPN topologies

L Tatman - US Patent App. 11/263,754, 2007 - Google Patents
Each provider edge router in a provider network connected to one or more VPNs is
identified. Each identified provider edge router is then queried to obtain VPN configuration …

System, method and apparatus providing bi-directional forwarding detection support to unnumbered IP interfaces

PG Jain, KD Singh - US Patent 10,044,610, 2018 - Google Patents
A system, method and apparatus providing BFD support to unnumbered IP Interfaces in
MPLS networks using a newly defined interface identifier (IF-ID) sub-object included within …

Method and apparatus for MPLS label allocation for a BGP MAC-VPN

F Balus, W Henderickx - US Patent 9,832,097, 2017 - Google Patents
US9832097B2 - Method and apparatus for MPLS label allocation for a BGP MAC-VPN -
Google Patents US9832097B2 - Method and apparatus for MPLS label allocation for a BGP …

System and method for interconnecting heterogeneous layer 2 VPN applications

W Luo - US Patent 7,596,629, 2009 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods for interconnecting heterogeneous layer 2 virtual private
network applications. To facilitate such interconnections, a common addressing scheme for …

Method and apparatus for MPLS label allocation for a BGP MAC-VPN

F Balus, W Henderickx - US Patent 8,767,731, 2014 - Google Patents
US8767731B2 - Method and apparatus for MPLS label allocation for a BGP MAC-VPN - Google
Patents US8767731B2 - Method and apparatus for MPLS label allocation for a BGP MAC-VPN …

System and method for forwarding traffic data in an MPLS VPN

S Roy, J Wolfe, P Umeki, DJ Mahar - US Patent App. 11/541,032, 2008 - Google Patents
The present invention provides a system and method for forwarding traffic data in a MPLS
VPN network within a telecommunications network. The method comprise a technique for …

Vpn services using address translation over an IPv6 network

G Shepherd, D Farinacci - US Patent 7,483,439, 2009 - Google Patents
A method and system for translation of virtual private network (VPN) addresses over a
provider network are disclosed. The method includes creating a multipoint tunnel extending …

Method and apparatus for accelerating failover of VPN traffic in an MPLS provider network

R Saluja - US Patent 8,107,363, 2012 - Google Patents
Failover of VPN traffic between MPLS tunnels may be accelerated by determining a main
and a standby MPLS tunnel for each VPN and passing both the main and standby MPLS …