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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2004
Ian Michael Charles Shand, Cobham, GB;
Stewart Frederick Bryant, Redhill, GB;
Anna Charny, Sudbury, MA (US);
Bruce Stuart Davie, Cambridge, MA (US);
George Swallow, Boston, MA (US);
Ian Michael Charles Shand, Cobham, GB;
Stewart Frederick Bryant, Redhill, GB;
Anna Charny, Sudbury, MA (US);
Bruce Stuart Davie, Cambridge, MA (US);
George Swallow, Boston, MA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of forwarding data in a data communications network having a plurality of nodes comprises the steps, performed at a repairing node, of computing the repair path around a network component to a target node and forwarding data along the repair path. The computing step comprises the step of computing an intermediate node reachable by the repairing node and from which the target node can be reached. The forwarding step includes the step of constructing a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) packet for forwarding to the intermediate node.