Method for assigning a MAC address, and database with MAC addresses

    公开(公告)号:US11700231B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-11

    申请号:US16328450

    申请日:2017-08-28

    CPC classification number: H04L61/5038 H04L61/5061 H04L61/5084 H04L2101/622

    Abstract: A method in which a communication device can be configured with a MAC address so that when the user logs into a network environment using a communication device from among a number of communication devices a MAC address is assigned to the user and is specific to the user. The MAC address assignment can be used for pairing with a communication device assigned to the user (e.g. a near-field communication device). A database containing MAC addresses can be connected to communication devices through a network and can provide user-specific MAC addresses that are readable into or otherwise transmittable to a predetermined communication device when a user logs into the network. The database can be managed by a server or other computer device of the network.

    UNDERLAY PATH SELECTION IN FABRIC/OVERLAY ACCESS NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20240056412A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US17886942

    申请日:2022-08-12

    CPC classification number: H04L61/103 H04L61/5084 H04L12/4633

    Abstract: Techniques and architecture are described for service and/or application specific underlay path selection in fabric access networks. An egress tunnel router (ETR) registers service requirements of a connected application server, e.g., an end point known by host/device detection, config, or CDC type protocols, to a fabric control plane, e.g., a map server/map resolver (MSMR). The fabric control plane, while replying to a map request from an ingress tunnel router (ITR), sends service parameters in the map reply. While installing a tunnel forwarding path in hardware, i.e., map cache, the ITR may utilize a probing mechanism to ensure that the ITR chooses the right underlay adjacency, e.g., routing locator(s) (RLOC(s)), that can satisfy the service requirements provided by the fabric control plane. Only RLOC(s) that comply with the service requirements are installed in the map cache along with the required service parameters.

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