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Patent No.:

US 10171338 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2017
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Clarence Filsfils, Brussels, BE;

Bertrand Duvivier, Wepion, BE;

Muthurajah Sivabalan, Kanata, CA;

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04L 12/717 (2013.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 45/42 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 47/2425 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and systems for on-demand next-hop resolution. Aspects of the embodiments include receiving a triggering event to prompt a request for a path to a network location; requesting a path computation from a second network element based on receiving the triggering event; receiving the path computation from the second network element; and programming an output interface with an indication of the path computation received from the second network element.


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