Internet protocol relay network for directly routing datagram from ingress router to egress router
First Claim
1. An internetwork relay system for transmission of internet protocol traffic along a transmission path in a network from a source to a destination, said system comprising:
- an ingress router communicating with said source and receiving said datagram from said source;
a globally unique label identifying said destination used to forward said datagram across said network, said label attached to said datagram at said ingress router;
a relay switch network communicating with said ingress router and receiving said datagram therefrom based on information included in said label, said switch network forwarding said datagram along said transmission path based on information included in said label; and
an egress router receiving said datagram from said relay switch network and forwarding said datagram to said destination based on information included in said label.
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Abstract
An internetwork relay system and method for transmitting IP traffic including an edge and a core. The edge includes an ingress and egress routers and the core includes a switch network. The ingress router communicates with and receives an IP packet from a source network. The ingress router attaches to each IP packet, a globally unique label which is used to forward the IP packet across the network. The relay switch network communicates with the ingress router, receives the IP packet from the ingress router and forwards the IP packet along its transmission path based on destination information included in its attached label. The egress router receives the IP packet from the switch network and forwards it to a destination network. Once received, the destination network forwards the IP packet to its intended destination.
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44 Claims
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1. An internetwork relay system for transmission of internet protocol traffic along a transmission path in a network from a source to a destination, said system comprising:
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an ingress router communicating with said source and receiving said datagram from said source; a globally unique label identifying said destination used to forward said datagram across said network, said label attached to said datagram at said ingress router; a relay switch network communicating with said ingress router and receiving said datagram therefrom based on information included in said label, said switch network forwarding said datagram along said transmission path based on information included in said label; and an egress router receiving said datagram from said relay switch network and forwarding said datagram to said destination based on information included in said label. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for transmitting Internet Protocol (IP) packets across a relay network, said packets originating from a source and forwarded to a destination, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving said IP packet from said source; forwarding said IP packet from said source to an ingress router based on address information included in said IP packet; parsing out said IP packet at said ingress router in order to read the address of said destination; appending a unique label to said IP packet at said ingress router, said label including identification information related to the address of said destination; forwarding said IP packet from said ingress router to a switching network; and forwarding said IP packet from said switching network to an egress router such that said ingress router is one router hop away from said egress router. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. An internetwork relay system for transmission of internet protocol traffic along a transmission path, said system including a source network and a destination network, said system comprising:
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an ingress router communicating with said source network and receiving an internet protocol packet from said source network; a label attached to said packet at said ingress router, said label including information corresponding to said destination network; a switch network communicating with said ingress router and receiving said packet therefrom, said switch network forwarding said packet based on destination information included in said label; an egress router receiving said packet from said switch network such that said egress router is one router hop away from said ingress router, said egress router forwarding said packet to said destination network. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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