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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2017
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Yi Yang, Cary, NC (US);
Alvaro Enrique Retana, Raleigh, NC (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises identifying, by a network device, a future time interval for establishment of a corresponding future tree-based topology that is to be optimized according to an identified objective function, the future tree-based topology and corresponding identified objective function distinct from a current tree-based topology optimized according to a corresponding current objective function; and generating and outputting, by the network device, a message advertising the network device offering availability of the future tree-based topology optimized at the future time interval for the identified objective function, enabling other network devices to attach to the network device during the future time interval for communications optimized according to the identified objective function.