Patent ID: 7231456
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for generating an extended-format Vendor Specific Attribute (VSA) packet comprising: a RADIUS-compliant server for generating a VSA packet including a Vendor-Type field; and wherein said VSA packet includes a Vendor-Extended-Type field if said Vendor-Type field contains a predetermined value wherein said Vendor extended type field is a designated portion of said packet for identifying a Vendor-Type wherein said VSA packet has a field sequence of a Type field having 8 bits followed by a Length field having 8 bits followed by a Vendor-identification field having 32 bits followed by a Vendor-Type field having 8 bits followed by an Internal Length field having 8 bits which is followed by said Vendor-Extended-Type field having 32 bits.