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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2002
Yasuhiro Katsube, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Hisako Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In a label switched path (LSP) including label switching nodes, some of which process a Time To Live (TTL) value of a generic label header and others of which that do not process the TTL value, an adequate hop-count information regarding the LSP is reported from node to node by using a label distribution protocol. A node, which has received a message including a hop-count of the LSP from an upstream node or a downstream node, determines whether or not the node itself is to update the TTL value in a packet if received through the LSP. The node then transmits a message indicating that the hop-count is one or a message including the incremented hop-count, in accordance with this determination, to the downstream node or the upstream node. Thus, upon transferring packets on the LSP, the nodes forming the LSP that process the TTL value can appropriately decrement the TTL value of the packet.