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Directed Pppoe Session Initiation Over a Switched Ethernet

  • US 20070263538A1
  • Filed: 01/16/2004
  • Published: 11/15/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of performing load distribution between a plurality of Broadband Remote Access Servers (“

  • BRASs”

    ), the method comprising;

    conveying individual load information about each BRAS in the plurality of BRASs to at least one Ethernet access node, building, by an Ethernet access node, a database of available BRASs based on the conveyed individual load information, said database including address and load information about each BRAS in the plurality of available BRASs;

    receiving an initiation message by the at least one Ethernet access node, determining a preferred BRAS by analyzing the load information stored in the database, and forwarding the initiation message to the preferred BRAS.

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