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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2009
Donnie V. Savage, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Thuan Van Tran, Raleigh, NC (US);
Russell I. White, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Liem H. Nguyen, Apex, NC (US);
Donnie V. Savage, Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Thuan Van Tran, Raleigh, NC (US);
Russell I. White, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Liem H. Nguyen, Apex, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for synchronizing a database related to a first node in a network with multiple nodes. Each node includes a database different from a database on a different node. An inquiry control message is sent to each node in a candidate set of one or more nodes on the network, which are different from the first node. In response to the inquiry control message, the first node receives a first set of one or more messages from a particular node different from the first node. The first set indicates a portion from the database of the particular node. The portion is relevant for the first node. A particular portion of a first database for the first node is derived from the first set of messages. The particular portion is less than all of the first database. These techniques allow the first node to derive its full database from multiple adjacent nodes.