Multiplex communications – Data flow congestion prevention or control – Control of data admission to the network
Reexamination Certificate
2004-05-12
2008-11-04
Pham, Chi H. (Department: 2616)
Multiplex communications
Data flow congestion prevention or control
Control of data admission to the network
C370S235000, C370S352000, C370S401000, C709S240000, C726S015000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07447151
ABSTRACT:
A network architecture includes a communication network that supports one or more network-based Virtual Private Networks (VPNs). The communication network includes a plurality of boundary routers that are connected by access links to CPE edge routers belonging to the one or more VPNs. To prevent traffic from outside a customer's VPN (e.g., traffic from other VPNs or the Internet at large) from degrading the QoS provided to traffic from within the customer's VPN, the present invention gives precedence to intra-VPN traffic over extra-VPN traffic on each customer's access link through access link prioritization or access link capacity allocation, such that extra-VPN traffic cannot interfere with inter-VPN traffic. Granting precedence to intra-VPN traffic over extra-VPN traffic in this manner entails partitioning between intra-VPN and extra-VPN traffic on the physical access link using layer 2 multiplexing and configuration of routing protocols to achieve logical traffic separation between intra-VPN traffic and extra-VPN traffic at the VPN boundary routers and CPE edge routers. By configuring the access networks, the VPN boundary routers and CPE edge routers, and the routing protocols of the edge and boundary routers in this manner, the high-level service of DoS attack prevention is achieved.
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Elallam Ahmed
Pham Chi H.
Verizon Business Global LLC
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