Ciena Corporation
Least Common Scope address selection systems and methods

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Abstract:

Systems and methods include determining if a destination address for a destination host is on-link; when the destination address is on-link, negotiating and selecting a Link-Local (LL) source address and a LL destination address that is on-link; and, when the destination address is not on-link, utilizing an address for the destination host separate from LL addresses. The destination host can be a multi-homed host. The negotiating and selecting and the utilizing are based on a plurality of rules performed in order. The plurality of rules are defined in RFC 6724, September 2012.

Status:
Application
Type:

Utility

Filling date:

9 Feb 2021

Issue date:

11 Aug 2022