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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 80/04 (2009.01); H04W 80/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/36 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04W 40/02 (2013.01); H04W 80/04 (2013.01); H04W 80/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A node () is configured for use in a communication network. The node () is configured to obtain a message with a source address and a destination address. The node () is also configured to determine whether the message is a type of message that is sent in response to a different message routed from the destination address to the source address, and whether a forward route () from the destination address to the source address has been established. The node () is also configured to selectively transmit the message on a backward route () that is the reverse of the forward route (), depending on the determining.