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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/121 (2022.01); H04L 45/64 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/121 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method in a network device. The method includes: determining a node delay associated with the network device and/or a link delay associated with a link between the network device and a neighboring network device; and transmitting to the neighboring network device a Link Layer Discovery Protocol Data Unit, LLDPDU, containing the node delay and/or the link delay.