Patent ID: 9379979
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: obtaining, by a network device, duplex-neighborhood information from one or more network neighbors, wherein a network neighbor's duplex-neighborhood information indicates at least a set of neighboring devices to the network neighbor; defining one or more virtual interfaces based on the duplex-neighborhood information, wherein a respective virtual interface's member nodes include the local network node and a set of mutually-connected network peers; receiving, by the network device, a packet; identifying a virtual interface to which the packet is directed, wherein members of the virtual interface include a set of mutually-connected network peers; determining whether the local network device is a member of the virtual interface; and in response to determining that the local network device is a member of the virtual interface, processing the packet as an intended recipient of the packet.