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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Inventors:
Huaimo Chen, Bolton, MA (US);
Donald Eggleston Eastlake, III, Apopka, FL (US);
Assignee:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/0695 (2022.01); H04L 41/0668 (2022.01); H04L 41/0686 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0695 (2013.01); H04L 41/0668 (2013.01); H04L 41/0686 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method performed by a network controller for providing network reliability. The method includes employing an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) proxy configured to communicate controller information about the network controller to the one or more network elements using IGP (Link-State Advertisement (LSA) or Link State Protocol Data Unit (LSP)) with a Controllers TLV. The method uses the controller information for proper election of a primary controller in the event of a network failure.