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IP packet translation to piggyback networking information

  • US 10,491,715 B1
  • Filed: 01/16/2019
  • Issued: 11/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2019
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of exchanging networking information, the method comprising:

  • receiving an internet protocol (IP) packet at a first networking device;

    translating, at the first networking device, the IP packet into a ZOOM packet, wherein the ZOOM packet does not conform to an IP protocol, wherein the ZOOM packet includes a copy of the bits of the data field from the IP packet, wherein the ZOOM packet includes a ZOOM header with a portion of an IP header of the first IP packet with networking information, wherein the ZOOM packet has less than or equal to the number of bits of the IP packet;

    sending the ZOOM packet into a broadcast network;

    receiving the ZOOM packet at a second networking device;

    extracting the networking information from the ZOOM header;

    re-creating the IP packet; and

    sending the re-created IP packet toward a destination of the IP packet.

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