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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2018
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Antoni B Przygienda, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alia K. Atlas, Arlington, MA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes receiving, by a first network device, messages from a plurality of network devices in a network, each of the messages indicating a level value of a respective sending network device in a network topology, determining, by the first network device and based on the respective levels indicated by the messages, a level value of the first network device in the network topology, determining, by the first network device and based on the determined level value, a mechanism by which to forward network traffic to one or more of the plurality of network devices, and forwarding the network traffic according to the determined mechanism.