Patent ID: 8804571
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a first network control entity configured to be implemented at a first edge device, the first network control entity configured to receive a control packet from a peripheral processing device via a tunnel that is between the peripheral processing device and the first network control entity and that includes at least a portion within a second edge device, the first network control entity configured to determine routing information associated with the peripheral processing device based on the control packet, the first network control entity configured to send the routing information to a second network control entity such that the second network control entity routes a data unit addressed to the peripheral processing device to the second edge device without sending the data unit to the first edge device, the first network control entity being associated with a routing instance that is associated with the second network control entity; and the first network control entity configured to send the routing information to the second network control entity without sending the routing information to a third network control entity not associated with the routing instance.