US 12,273,325 B2
Media access control security (MACsec) enabled links of a link aggregation group (LAG)
Amit Kumar Gupta, Bengaluru (IN); Anand Vardhan, Bangalore (IN); and Bavithra Gopalakrishnan, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/543,430.
Application 18/543,430 is a continuation of application No. 17/444,936, filed on Aug. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,902,256.
Application 17/444,936 is a continuation of application No. 16/415,494, filed on May 17, 2019, granted, now 11,115,389, issued on Sep. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0121220 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); H04L 45/24 (2022.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/04 (2013.01) [G06F 16/2379 (2019.01); H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
sending or receiving, by a device and when a Media Access Control Security (MACsec) session has been established on a first link of a link aggregation group (LAG), traffic via the first link;
initiating an establishment of a MACsec session on a second link of the LAG; and
sending or receiving, by the device and based on establishing the MACsec session on the second link, traffic via the second link.