DYNAMIC BUILDING OF VLAN INTERFACES BASED ON SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION STRINGS

• Main Authors: MOISAND JEROME P, CABECA LINDA M, VINOKOUR VITALI, KOKOT MATHIAS, LEMAIRE THOMAS, RUBEN KAREN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 04.06.2009
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

Techniques are described that allow a network device, such as a router, to dynamically build VLAN interfaces based on subscriber information strings included within packets. In particular, the network device comprises an interface controller and a forwarding controller, where the forwarding controll...