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Patent Inventor Names
W. Scott Wainner0
Christopher Metz0
Earl Hardin Booth, III0
W. Mark Townsley0
Date of Patent
September 22, 2009
Patent Application Number
11221964
Date Filed
September 8, 2005
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Patent abstract
A method and apparatus for performing Layer 2 (L2) interworking is presented. A L2 Protocol Data Unit (PDU) is received at an L2 Switching Entity (SE). The L2 PDU is converted to a normalized Pseudowire (PW) PDU. The normalized PW PDU is then forwarded to a Layer 3 (L3) Routing Entity (RE). The normalized PDU may be in the form of a predetermined L2 protocol or a L2 agnostic protocol.
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