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Layer-2 extension services

  • US 8,804,730 B2
  • Filed: 04/16/2010
  • Issued: 08/12/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing layer-2 extension services through a non-routed ground segment network, the method comprising:

  • receiving traffic from a subscriber terminal at a satellite gateway communicatively coupled with a second core node of the non-routed ground segment network;

    tagging, by the satellite gateway, the subscriber terminal traffic with a virtual tagging tuple associated with a service provider, the virtual tagging tuple designating the subscriber terminal traffic as service provider traffic;

    forwarding the tagged subscriber terminal traffic to the second core node of the non-routed ground segment network; and

    switching, utilizing the virtual tagging tuple, the tagged subscriber traffic to a service provider network via a first core node of the ground segment network.

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