Inventors:
Wei Luo - San Diego CA, US
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA
International Classification:
G06F 15/173, H04L 12/28, H04L 12/56
Abstract:
Systems and methods for interconnecting heterogeneous layer 2 virtual private network applications. To facilitate such interconnections, a common addressing scheme for forwarders is provided. All current pseudowire signaling protocols can incorporate this addressing scheme, and therefore establish connectivity among forwarders of different applications. Auto-discovery of remote forwarders is also facilitated by use of a common address family identifier (and subsequent address family identifier) for BGP.