Patent ID: 9225640
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first provider edge device, media access control (MAC) addresses of a plurality of other provider edge devices, the MAC addresses being received during a control plane function using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and being stored in a table; and receiving, by the first provider edge device from a first customer edge device, a data packet encapsulated in a first frame, the first frame including a first MAC destination address associated with a second customer edge device; encapsulating, by the first provider edge device, the first frame in a second frame, the second frame including a second MAC destination address associated with a second provider edge device; performing a lookup, by the first provider edge device, in the table to determine a port associated with the second MAC destination address in the second frame; and forwarding the second frame, by the first provider edge device, to one of other provider edge devices over a tunnel connected to the port without using a pseudowire.