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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2007
Madhavi W. Chandra, Cary, NC (US);
David A. Cook, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alvaro E. Retana, Morrisville, NC (US);
Russell I. White, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Yi Yang, Morrisville, NC (US);
Madhavi W. Chandra, Cary, NC (US);
David A. Cook, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alvaro E. Retana, Morrisville, NC (US);
Russell I. White, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Yi Yang, Morrisville, NC (US);
Cisco Tecnology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for communicating packets in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a packet at a network element and identifying a sequence number included in the packet that correlates to awareness information associated with one or more adjacent network elements. A table included in the network element may be updated in order to account for the awareness information included within the packet that has not been accounted for by the network element. In cases where the awareness information included in the packet has already been accounted for, the packet may be ignored.