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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Bin MO, Ayer, MA (US);
Robert Thomas, Lexington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Bin Mo, Ayer, MA (US);
Robert Thomas, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/50 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a network device executes a Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) that sends LDP Hello messages at a default rate. The rate of sending LDP Hello messages is modified to accelerate the establishment of an LDP session between the network device and an LDP peer.