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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Yuen Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Pedman Moobed, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yuen Wong, San Jose, CA (US);
Pedman Moobed, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Foundry Network, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Techniques that assist in processing of failure detection protocol (FDP) packets. Techniques are provided that assist a CPU of a network device in processing incoming FDP packets. In one embodiment, a module is provided in a network device for detecting and flagging the non-receipt of FDP packets by the network device for one or more FDP sessions. In this manner, the task of detecting non-receipt of FDP packets is offloaded from the CPU of the network device. This enables the network device to support newer FDPs with shorter periodic interval requirements.