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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0654 (2022.01); H04L 45/24 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0654 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A switching circuit includes circuitry configured to manage a plurality of Equal Cost Multiple Paths (ECMPs) through a plurality of shared protection group objects, wherein each of the plurality of shared protection group objects is connected to two paths in the ECMPs, and wherein a number of shared protection group objects equals a number of next-hops, cause distribution of packets based on a setting of the shared protection group object for each next-hop, and responsive to a failure of a next-hop, change the setting of the shared protection group object for the failed next-hop.