Virtual Layer 2 and mechanism to make it scalable

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9160609
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13118269

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An apparatus comprising a service network and a plurality of Layer 2 networks at a plurality of different physical locations coupled to the service network via a plurality of edge nodes at the Layer 2 networks, wherein the edge nodes are configured to maintain a plurality of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of a plurality of hosts across the Layer 2 networks, and wherein the IP addresses of the hosts in each of the Layer 2 networks are mapped by the other Layer 2 networks to a Media Access Control (MAC) address of each of the edge nodes in the same Layer 2 networks of the hosts.

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  • FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ashwood-Smith, Peter Gatineau, CA 120 3278
Dunbar, Linda Plano, US 85 3724
Hares, Susan Saline, US 18 1146
Mack-Crane, T Benjamin Downers Grove, US 43 1407
Sultan, Robert Somers, US 45 1623
Yin, Guoli Ottawa, CA 36 1233

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