Operations, administration, and maintenance data packet and related testing methods
First Claim
1. An encapsulated operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) data packet for use in connection with a service provider network, the encapsulated OAM data packet comprising:
- a service provider destination address, the service provider destination address associated with a destination node within the service provider network; and
a service provider source address, the service provider source address associated with a source node within the service provider network.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to operations, administration, and maintenance related systems and methods associated with data communications. In a particular embodiment, an encapsulated operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) data packet for use in connection with a service provider network is disclosed. The encapsulated OAM data packet includes a service provider destination address and a service provider source address. The service provider destination address is associated with a destination node within the service provider network; and the service provider source address is associated with a source node within the service provider network.
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22 Claims
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1. An encapsulated operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) data packet for use in connection with a service provider network, the encapsulated OAM data packet comprising:
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a service provider destination address, the service provider destination address associated with a destination node within the service provider network; and
a service provider source address, the service provider source address associated with a source node within the service provider network. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. An operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) data packet for use in a distributed computer network, the OAM data packet comprising:
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a service provider destination field including a multi-cast value indicating a multi-cast packet that is to be multicast to a plurality of nodes within the distributed computer network;
a service provider source address, the source address associated with a unique source node within the distributed computer network; and
an Ethertype field including an additional value indicating an OAM packet type.
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4. A method of performing a point to point connectivity test from a source node to a destination node within a distributed computer network, the method comprising:
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generating a unicast OAM packet, the unicast OAM packet including a service provider destination address, the destination address associated with the destination node within the distributed computer network and a service provider source address, the source address associated with the source node within the distributed computer network; and
communicating the unicast OAM packet from the source node to the destination node of the distributed computer network. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A method of performing a point to multi-point connectivity test from a source node to a plurality of destination nodes within a distributed computer network, the method comprising:
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generating a multi-cast OAM packet, the multi-cast OAM packet including a service provide source address, the source address associated with the source node within the distributed computer network; and
communicating the multi-cast OAM packet from the source node to the plurality of destination nodes of the distributed computer network. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. An OAM data packet for use in connection with a distributed computer network, the OAM data packet comprising:
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a network header portion, the network header portion including;
a network destination address, the network destination address associated with a destination node within the distributed computer network, or a broadcast address;
a network source address, the source address associated with a source node within the distributed computer network;
an OAM header portion, the OAM header portion including;
a service provider destination address, wherein the destination address is associated with a destination node within the distributed computer network or wherein the destination address is a multicast address associated with a group of nodes in the distributed computer network;
a service provider source address, the source address associated with a source node within the distributed computer network; and
an OAM packet payload value. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. An operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) data packet for use in a bridged Ethernet distributed computer network, the OAM data packet comprising:
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a service provider destination address, the destination address associated with a destination node within the bridged Ethernet distributed computer network;
a service provide source address, the source address associated with a source node within the bridged Ethernet distributed computer network; and
an Ethertype field including a value indicating an OAM packet type.
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11. A data packet for use in connection with a distributed computer network, the distributed computer network including a first multi-tenant unit and a second multi-tenant unit, the data packet comprising:
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a network header portion, the network header portion including;
a network destination address, the network destination address associated with a destination node within the distributed computer network, the destination node comprising the second multi-tenant unit;
a network source address, the source address associated with a source node within the distributed computer network, the-source node comprising the first multi-tenant unit;
an OAM header portion, the OAM header portion including;
a service provider destination address, the destination address associated with a destination node within the distributed computer network, the destination node comprising the second multi-tenant unit;
a service provider source address, the source address associated with a source node within the distributed computer network, the source node comprising the first multi-tenant unit; and
an OAM data packet payload value.
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12. A method of communicating a data packet from a first multi-tenant unit to a second multi-tenant unit within a distributed computer network, the method comprising:
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generating the data packet, the data packet including;
a network header portion, the network header portion including;
a network destination address, the network destination address associated with a destination node within the distributed computer network, the destination node comprising the second multi-tenant unit;
a network source address, the source address associated with a source node within the distributed computer network, the source node comprising the first multi-tenant unit;
an OAM header portion, the OAM header portion including;
a service provider destination address, the destination address associated with a destination node within the distributed computer network, the destination node comprising the second multi-tenant unit;
a service provider source address, the source address associated with a source node within the distributed computer network, the source node comprising the first multi-tenant unit; and
an OAM data packet payload value; and
communicating the data packet from the first multi-tenant unit to the second multi-tenant unit, via the distributed computer network.
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13. A method of testing data communication within a network, the method comprising:
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generating a testing packet for communication by a multi-tenant unit; and
communicating the testing packet from the multi-tenant unit to another element within the network, the testing packet including an address, the address associated with a site in communication with the multi-tenant unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing data communications network operations and maintenance functions, the method comprising:
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encapsulating an OAM data packet within one of a control word and a medium access control packet within the data communications network;
communicating the OAM data packet within the data communications network;
providing a network operations and maintenance function based the communication of the OAM data packet. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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