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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2000
Applicants:
Madhav V. Marathe, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ronak Desai, Fremont, CA (US);
Madhu Grandhi, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Madhav V. Marathe, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ronak Desai, Fremont, CA (US);
Madhu Grandhi, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L012/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for automated switching of data traffic in a network are described. Data is transmitted along a first virtual circuit among multiple virtual circuits in a network. Next, a failure is detected on the first virtual circuit. As a result, transmission of data is switched from the first virtual circuit to a second virtual circuit among the multiple virtual circuits in the network.