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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2006
Applicant:
John Harper, London, GB;
Inventor:
John Harper, London, GB;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system for performing route calculations in a link state routing protocol at a node within a computer network. The method includes evaluating existing routes of the node when new route information is received and recalculating routes for the node only when the new route information improves at least one of the existing routes or at least one of the existing routes is made worse or lost.