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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/733 (2013.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01); H04L 12/703 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/20 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a device in a segment routed network identifies an adjacency segment between the device and another device in the network. The device also identifies a merge point in the network. A first network path extends between the device and the merge point via the adjacency segment. A bypass network path that does not include the adjacency segment also extends between the device and the merge point. The device generates an interior gateway protocol (IGP) message that identifies the adjacency segment and the merge point. The device provides the IGP message to one or more other devices in the network.