E-channel identifiers (ECIDS) for scalable satellite device clustering control in a campus network
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1. A device, comprising:
- one or more memories; and
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to;
receive network traffic for transmission in a campus network,the campus network including a plurality of aggregation devices and a plurality of satellite devices, andthe plurality of satellite devices being grouped into a plurality of satellite clusters of the campus network;
generate a packet header for the network traffic,the packet header including an E-channel identifier (ECID) with a quantity of N bits (N>
10) reserved to address a packet to a particular satellite device of the plurality of satellite devices and to a particular port of a plurality of ports of the particular satellite device,a configurable portion of the ECID including 4 bits to identify at least one aggregation device of the plurality of aggregation devices;
transmit the network traffic using the packet header based on generating the packet header.
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Abstract
A device may receive network traffic for transmission in a campus network. The campus network may include a set of aggregation devices and a set of satellite devices. The set of satellite devices may be grouped into a set of satellite clusters of the campus network. The device may generate a packet header for the network traffic. The packet header may include an E-channel identifier (ECID) with a quantity of N bits (N>10) reserved to address a packet to a particular satellite device of the set of satellite devices and to a particular port of a set of ports of the particular satellite device. The device may transmit the network traffic using the packet header based on generating the packet header.
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1. A device, comprising:
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one or more memories; and one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to; receive network traffic for transmission in a campus network, the campus network including a plurality of aggregation devices and a plurality of satellite devices, and the plurality of satellite devices being grouped into a plurality of satellite clusters of the campus network; generate a packet header for the network traffic, the packet header including an E-channel identifier (ECID) with a quantity of N bits (N>
10) reserved to address a packet to a particular satellite device of the plurality of satellite devices and to a particular port of a plurality of ports of the particular satellite device,a configurable portion of the ECID including 4 bits to identify at least one aggregation device of the plurality of aggregation devices; transmit the network traffic using the packet header based on generating the packet header. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to; receive network traffic for transmission in a campus network, the campus network including a plurality of aggregation devices and a plurality of satellite devices, and the plurality of satellite devices being grouped into a plurality of satellite clusters of the campus network; generate a packet header for the network traffic, the packet header including an E-channel identifier (ECID) with 12 bits reserved for a member identifier to address a packet to a particular satellite device of the plurality of satellite devices and for a port identifier to address the packet to a particular port of a plurality of ports of the particular satellite device, a configurable portion of the ECID including 4 bits to identify at least one aggregation device of the plurality of aggregation devices; transmit the network traffic using the packet header based on generating the packet header. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system, comprising:
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a set of aggregation devices to provide a control plane for a campus network and to route network traffic; and a set of satellite devices to provide a set of ports for the set of aggregation devices to route the network traffic, the set of satellite devices being grouped into a plurality of satellite clusters, and a packet, of the network traffic, including a packet header with an E-channel identifier (ECID), the ECID including 12 bits reserved for a member identifier to address the packet to a particular satellite device of the set of satellite devices and for a port identifier to address the packet to a particular port of a set of ports of the particular satellite device, and a configurable portion of the ECID including 4 bits to identify the set of aggregation devices. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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