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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2005
Neil Alasdair James Jarvis, Edinburgh, GB;
Crispin Nicholas Dent-young, Bristol, GB;
Alan J. Cheilek, London, GB;
Matthew James Collins, Paris, FR;
Christian Cassar, Hamton, GB;
Jesper Skriver, Reading, GB;
Neil Alasdair James Jarvis, Edinburgh, GB;
Crispin Nicholas Dent-Young, Bristol, GB;
Alan J. Cheilek, London, GB;
Matthew James Collins, Paris, FR;
Christian Cassar, Hamton, GB;
Jesper Skriver, Reading, GB;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of constructing a forwarding database for a data communications network comprising a plurality of network components and supporting at least first and second topologies having one or more common network components is described. The forwarding database includes a plurality of entries providing forwarding information for data destined for a related network component. The method comprises the step, performed at a constructing network component, of deriving topology dependent forwarding information for data destined for a network component. The method further comprises the step of including the topology dependent forwarding information at the related forwarding database entry.