Patent ID: 9246808
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method that enables network communications over circuits defined by a plurality of nodes, wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of nodes are communicatively coupled together via at least one leg, and wherein each of the circuits are defined by a source node and a destination node that are interconnected via the plurality of nodes, and the method comprising: receiving a first circuit establishment (CEST) packet at a node from a first adjacent node, generating, at the node, a circuit ID associated with a circuit that is being established between the source node and the destination node; storing, at the node, at least the first local leg ID in a leg table, identifying, at the node, a second adjacent node that is communicatively coupled to the node via a second link, generating, at the node, a second local leg ID that is associated with the second link; storing, at the node, at least the second local leg ID in the leg table, communicating a second CEST packet from the node to the second adjacent node via the second link, wherein the second CEST packet includes the second local leg ID.