Patent ID: 11895020
Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A method comprising:
receiving, at a forwarding plane of a virtualized cell site router (vCSR) of a first Distributed Unit (DU) server of a plurality of DU servers of a cell site for a 5G radio access network, the vCSR having a containerized routing protocol process and a forwarding plane configured to perform Layer 2 (L2) switching, an L2 packet on a second interface for a second physical link connecting the first DU server to an L2 switch; and
switching, by the forwarding plane of the vCSR of the first DU server, the L2 packet on a first interface for a first physical link connecting the first DU server to a second DU server of the plurality of DU servers.