Abstract: A process for processing VxLAN data units in an environment that includes an operating system configured for processing VSLAN data units, and a fast path environment configured for receiving incoming VxLAN data units and capable of processing such VxLAN data units. The process comprises obtaining VxLAN processing configuration parameters used by the operating system, configuring the fast path environment for processing received VxLAN data units based on the obtained parameters, and selecting, at the fast path environment, at least one received VxLAN data unit for processing by the operating system.

Abstract: A process for processing VxLAN data units in an environment that includes an operating system configured for processing VxLAN data units, and a fast path environment configured for receiving incoming VxLAN data units and capable of processing such VxLAN data units. The process comprises obtaining VxLAN processing configuration parameters used by the operating system, configuring the fast path environment for processing received VxLAN data units based on the obtained parameters, and selecting, at the fast path environment, at least one received VxLAN data unit for processing by the operating system.

Abstract: The invention consists in implanting an encapsulation mechanism (ME) in an operator access router, whereby said encapsulation mechanism can calculate a header for messages that the transmitter site (B1) wishes to send to the receiver site (Bn?), said header containing at least one prefix concerning the service provided by the operator, a virtual private network identifier (VPNB), a destination site (Bn?) network prefix and a suffix which consists of a field of bits which can assume any particular value.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method that uses the routing functions of an internet-type protocol by introducing a mechanism assigning prefixes to the IPv6 addresses of the network routers such that the self-configuration process of said protocol can be used due to a mechanism that utilizes a serializer (E). Said serializer (E) delivers the prefixes according to an operational sequence comprising, for each router, an initialization phase, a configuration phase, and a relay phase in which the router is used as an intermediary between the serializer and other routers that are in the configuration phase.