Embodiments of the present invention provide a mesh network having nodes connected via both wired and wireless connections, at differing data rates. Each node of the invention also has a plurality of interfaces and a backhaul network. The invention provides a method of managing the mesh network such that at least one node is capable of being in communication with a plurality of other nodes within the network and send and receive packets to other nodes without being hampered by differing protocols, standards, or data rates.

A method for establishing a tunnel between VTEPs includes receiving at an SDN controller a tunnel creation request to establish a VxLAN tunnel from a first VTEP to a second VTEP, determining a VxLAN tunnel of network nodes coupling the first VTEP to the second VTEP, assigning a SvcPI to the VxLAN tunnel, and sending a tunnel initiation command to the first VTEP, the tunnel initiation command causing the first VTEP to convert an Ethernet frame to a path-ID frame by adding an NSH encapsulation header and to forward the path-ID frame to the next network node in the VxLAN tunnel.

Provided in embodiments of the present disclosure are a method and a device for bearing a multicast virtual private network. The method includes: assigning, by a BFIR accessing a VRF, a global VPN identifier to a multicast VRF, and carrying the global VPN identifier to notify a route to a BFER accessing the multicast VRF; after receiving a packet of the multicast VRF, encapsulating, by the BFIR, the packet with a BIER header and forwarding the packet, the forwarded packet carrying the global VPN identifier.

A first network device includes a processor and a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the first network device to obtain a Flow Specification (FlowSpec) rule with redirect indication information. The redirect indication information includes identification information identifying a first virtual private network (VPN) instance configured on a second network device. The indication information also includes instructions for the second network device to redirect data stream matching the FlowSpec rule to the first VPN instance. The first network device is also caused to advertise the FlowSpec rule with the redirect indication information to the second network device.

A device, system and method, according to various embodiments, can include, for example, a hybrid cloud network, one or more personal cloud virtual LANs, and a home area network. The hybrid cloud network can be configured to provide public access and private access. The one or more personal cloud virtual LANs are provided at an overlapping segment of the hybrid cloud network to provide privacy within the hybrid cloud network. The home area network can include a single purpose computer configured as a gateway for the hybrid cloud network and configured to establish a site-to-site secure connection with the one or more personal cloud virtual LANs.

A distributed radio frequency communication system includes a remote radio unit (RRU and a baseband unit (BBU) and facilitates communication between a wireless terminal and a core network. The RRU receives a radio frequency signal from a wireless terminal and convert the radio frequency signal to digital baseband samples using receiver circuitry and an analog-to-digital converter. The RRU then adaptively compresses the digital baseband samples, using adaptive compression circuitry, to create fronthaul uplink information, and sends the fronthaul uplink information over a fronthaul link to the BBU using an adaptive fronthaul protocol. The RRU also receives fronthaul downlink information over a fronthaul link from the BBU using an adaptive fronthaul protocol and generates frequency-domain samples, based on the fronthaul downlink information received. It then creates time-domain baseband samples from the frequency-domain samples and converts the time-domain baseband samples into a radio frequency signal to send to the wireless terminal.

Systems and methods for performing User Plane (UP) path selection or reselection over a communications network with a 3.sup.rd party entity, and for notifying network entities of UP changes in a communications network, are disclosed. The method includes: receiving an application program interface based request for UP path selection from the 3.sup.rd party entity; performing a validation and authorization procedure with the request; transmitting a UP path selection configuration request to a Control Plane Function that maintains configuration data; obtaining a reference number confirming the UP path selection configuration request; and installing the UP path selection according to the reference number.

Disclosed in an embodiment of the present application are a relay routing method and a communication node, the routing method comprising: a current relay node receiving a data packet, a message header of the data packet comprising an address of a destination node of the data packet; and the current relay node determining, according to the address of the destination node, whether to forward the data packet. The routing method and communication node of the embodiment of the present application are beneficial in improving the performance of a relay network.

A replay device includes: multiple transceiver units that transmits and receives a communication frame, each transceiver unit including a register in which at least data indicating a set-up content relating to an operation of a respective transceiver unit is written; a register access unit that is connected with each transceiver unit through an interface; and a control unit that transmits a control message to the register access unit. The control message includes access target information for designating one or more access target transceiver units, and access content information indicating an access content to a register of each access target transceiver unit. The register access unit sets the one or more target transceiver units designated by the access target information, and perform an access to the register of each access target transceiver unit according to the access content.

Tools and technologies geographically extend local area networks by transparently inserting transmission of encapsulated local area network frames over wide area network connections. Some devices receive frames from a switch or other physically addressed device using layer 2 protocols, encapsulate them, and send them over a wide area network to a similar remote device which decapsulates the frames and forwards them using layer 2 protocols. Load balancing, quality of service, compression, encryption, and other packet processing may be performed on the encapsulated packets.