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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Adrian Lindsay Power, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan Rayburn Belk, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 41/0659 (2013.01); H04L 41/0668 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a group of servers, a link fault to one of the servers is detected. In response to detecting the link fault, network traffic that uses the faulty link is distinguished and the distinguished network traffic is forwarded. Applicable backup links are activated, and the distinguished traffic is redirected using an activated backup link for the faulty link.