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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2009
Swapnesh Banerjee, Karnataka, IN;
Akash Deep, Karnataka, IN;
Swamy Jagannadha Mandavilli, Karnataka, IN;
Kotilingareddy Bhavanam, Karnataka, IN;
Swapnesh Banerjee, Karnataka, IN;
Akash Deep, Karnataka, IN;
Swamy Jagannadha Mandavilli, Karnataka, IN;
Kotilingareddy Bhavanam, Karnataka, IN;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Presented is a method and system for deriving the path of a traffic engineering tunnel in a network using Multi Protocol Label Switching, MPLS, traffic engineering and a Management Information Base, MIB, describing managed objects of the network. The method comprises: obtaining node connectivity information from the MIB; obtaining network connectivity information from a network node manager; and deriving tunnel path information based on the node connectivity information and the network connectivity information.