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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2022
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Huaimo Chen, Bolton, MA (US);
Dean Cheng, Los Altos, CA (US);
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A network node (N) for handling IGP flooding topology (FT) inconsistency by obtaining a new FT and setting a FT flag field (FT field) in a data packet (DP) to indicate whether a link between Nand a second node (N) is on the new FT. Ntransmits the DP to N. Nreceives a second DP from Nthat includes the FT field set by Nto indicate whether the link between the network node and Nis on the new FT as determined by N. Nsets a FT inconsistency field in a link state packet to indicate an inconsistency in the new FT when the FT field set by Nand the FT field set by Nare different for a given time. Ndistributes the LS to at least one node in the network.