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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
May. 21, 2004
Applicants:
Joseph Provine, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Santhosh Thodupunoori, San Jose, CA (US);
John Bettink, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Provine, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Santhosh Thodupunoori, San Jose, CA (US);
John Bettink, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A Fast Reroute implementation suitable for use in a label switched router. Reroute from protected tunnels to backup tunnels may be achieved in constant time irrespective of the numbers of protected forwarding equivalence classes and protected tunnels.