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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Mark P. Bendyk, New York, NY (US);
Charles S. Cardinell, Tucson, AZ (US);
Roger G. Hathorn, Tucson, AZ (US);
Steven E. Klein, Tucson, AZ (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/703 (2013.01); H04L 12/939 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 49/55 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lower level processor holds a link, in response to detecting a link down condition of the link. In response to the holding of the link, the lower level processor transmits a command to an upper level processor indicating the link down condition of the link. The lower level processor initiates a process of link recovery for the link, in response to receiving an authorization from the upper level processor.