The invention provides a flat Layer 2 Metro-Core network as part of a Long Reach PON architecture that meets the demands of scalability, efficiency and economy within a modern Telecommunications network. The invention provides for Mac Address Translation applied to layer 2. This allows layer 2 address space to be structured and fits well with the table driven approach of OpenFlow and the wider Software Defined Networks.
申请公布号
GB201412069(D0)
申请公布日期
2014.08.20
申请号
GB20140012069
申请日期
2014.07.07
申请人
PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS, AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH , NEAR DUBLIN, THE