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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Cengiz Alaettinoglu, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Amal Karboubi, Oshawa, CA;
Himanshu Shah, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Muthurajah Sivabalan, Kanata, CA;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/645 (2022.01); H04L 43/0811 (2022.01); H04L 45/28 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/645 (2022.05); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods implemented in a network element in a Segment Routing network include, for a service having two or more candidate paths and responsive to a failure on a current candidate path of the two or more candidate paths, setting an eligibility flag for the current candidate path; and selecting another candidate path of the two or more candidate paths, for the service, based on their eligibility flag.