Ericsson Receives Patent for Accelerated MAC Address Resolution Technology

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), a Swedish telecommunications company, has been granted a patent for its technology that accelerates the MAC address resolution process for IPv6 traffic using the IS-IS protocol. The patent, number 8,934,490, was issued on January 13, 2015, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The technology is designed to prevent dropped data traffic caused by MAC address resolution for next hops of routes determined by the IS-IS protocol.

Key Takeaways:

• Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) has been granted a patent for its accelerated MAC address resolution technology, which improves IPv6 traffic using the IS-IS protocol.
• The patent, number 8,934,490, was issued on January 13, 2015, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
• The technology is designed to prevent dropped data traffic caused by MAC address resolution for next hops of routes determined by the IS-IS protocol.
• Inventors Chunduri; Uma S., Lu; Wenhu, Chen; Ing-Wher, and Patil; Vasant developed the technology.
• The patent was filed with application no. 13/852,871 on March 28, 2013.
• The technology is expected to improve the efficiency of network communication by reducing the time it takes to resolve MAC addresses.

Statistics:

• Patent number: 8,934,490
• Issuance date: January 13, 2015
• Application number: 13/852,871
• Filing date: March 28, 2013
• Technology type: Accelerated MAC address resolution for IPv6 traffic using the IS-IS protocol

Sources:

• "Accelerated MAC address resolution for IPv6 traffic with IS-IS protocol" (Patent 8,934,490)
• United States Patent and Trademark Office