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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2004
Shaun Kazuo Wakumoto, Roseville, CA (US);
Ballard Claude Bare, Auburn, CA (US);
Cetin Ersoy, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Shaun Kazuo Wakumoto, Roseville, CA (US);
Ballard Claude Bare, Auburn, CA (US);
Cetin Ersoy, Portsmouth, NH (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
One embodiment disclosed relates to a method of cost determination for paths between switches in a mesh. A set of paths between each pair of the mesh switches is defined, and start-up costs for the paths are calculated. The costs for the previously defined paths are subsequently recalculated using a directed cost protocol. The directed cost protocol may include generating at a first switch a cost packet with path information associated with a specific path, and unlasting the cost packet via the specific path to a second switch.