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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2020
Sitting Man, Llc, Madison, GA (US);
Robert Paul Morris, Madison, GA (US);
SITTING MAN, LLC, Madison, GA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments, a method and apparatus are configured to detect a topology change in a network, wherein the topology change disrupts an existing path between a first network node and a destination network node; calculate path information in response to the topology change, wherein the path information comprises path information for at least one updated path from the first network node to the destination network node; identify a maximum time for at least a portion of the network to reach a post-convergence state with respect to the topology change; and until the maximum time has elapsed at the first network node, specify at least a portion of the at least one updated path in a packet header of a packet being sent from the first network node to the destination network node.