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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Darek Skalecki, Ottawa, CA;
Darek Skalecki, Ottawa, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A method, node, and network for reduced link bandwidth updates from a first node and a second node forming a link in a network includes, responsive to establishment or release of one or more connections on the link, flooding an update related thereto from only a master node that is one of the first node and the second node; responsive to a link failure associated with the link, flooding an update related thereto from both the first node and the second node; and, responsive to a change in parameters associated with the link, flooding an update related thereto from both the first node and the second node. The flooding can be part of a control plane associated with the network and/or to a Software Defined Networking (SDN) controller.