CPC H04L 12/4633 (2013.01) [H04L 61/30 (2013.01); H04L 61/50 (2022.05)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for automatic tunnel endpoint aliasing comprising:
automatically provisioning a second tunnel endpoint with a plurality of tunnel endpoint (TEP) aliases over a control plane without user input by:
receiving from the second tunnel endpoint, by a first tunnel endpoint over the control plane of a network, a request including a path message, said request to provide one or more tunnel endpoint aliases for communicating over a network tunnel;
obtaining by the first tunnel endpoint, in response to the request, the plurality of tunnel endpoint (TEP) aliases that include a plurality of identifiers associated with the first tunnel endpoint;
sending, over the control plane, a response addressed to the second tunnel endpoint that includes a reservation (RESV) message comprising the plurality of TEP aliases; and
receiving, by the first tunnel endpoint via the network tunnel between the first tunnel endpoint and the second tunnel endpoint, network traffic addressed to a TEP alias of the plurality of TEP aliases.
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