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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2020
Applicant:

Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vasudevan Venkatraman, Bangalore, IN;

Sushant Kumar, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/709 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 43/106 (2013.01); H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04L 67/147 (2013.01);
Abstract

A network device may receive, from an endpoint device, a first message that includes first endpoint identification information. The network device may be connected to the endpoint device via a plurality of links. The network device may receive, from another network device, a second message that includes second endpoint identification information. The network device may determine whether the first endpoint identification information corresponds to the second endpoint identification information. The network device may cause, based on determining whether the first endpoint identification information corresponds to the second endpoint identification information, a state of the plurality of links to be maintained or changed.


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