US Patent 11184193 Method, apparatus, and system for selecting network device

Patent 11184193 was granted and assigned to Huawei on November, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent

Patent attributes

Patent Applicant

Huawei

Current Assignee

Huawei

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

11184193

Date of Patent

November 23, 2021

Patent Application Number

16821585

Date Filed

March 17, 2020

Patent Primary Examiner

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Gregory B Sefcheck

Patent abstract

An apparatus includes a program instructing hardware and a computer readable storage medium coupled to the hardware and storing programming instructions for execution by the hardware. The programming instructions instruct the hardware to: receive a network device selection message sent by a first network device, where the network device selection message contains a virtual local area network (VLAN) mapping capability identifier of the first network device and a device identifier of the first network device; when determining that both the apparatus and the first network device have VLAN mapping capability according to local VLAN mapping capability and the VLAN mapping capability identifier of the first network device, select a network device for executing VLAN mapping according to sizes or a sequence of a local device identifier and the device identifier of the first network device.