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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2010
Frederic Bauchot, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Lionel Denecheau, La Colle sur Loup, FR;
Ludovic Hazard, Tourrettes sur Loup, FR;
Stephen Sauer, La Defense, FR;
Frederic Bauchot, Saint-Jeannet, FR;
Lionel Denecheau, La Colle sur Loup, FR;
Ludovic Hazard, Tourrettes sur Loup, FR;
Stephen Sauer, La Defense, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and associated method for dynamic error dampening in a node in a network system. The node collects statistics of data traffic transferred through the node. The node has a link error MIB storing Error ratio and Reliability of interface of the node. When the Error ratio is too high, the node starts running a Layer 2 protocol for monitoring data traffic and calculates Penalty of the node. When Penalty is higher than predefined Suppress Threshold, the node deactivates Layer 3 link while the Layer 2 protocol still monitors the interface. Once the Penalty becomes lower than Reuse Threshold, the node reactivates the Layer 3 link that had been previously deactivated. When Penalty becomes zero (0), the node clears the Error ratio and stops the Layer 2 protocol for monitoring the data traffic.