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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2011
Ping Pan, Emerson, NJ (US);
Der-hwa Gan, Fremont, CA (US);
Keith E. Holleman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Manoj Leelanivas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Nischal Sheth, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arun Vaidyanathan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ping Pan, Emerson, NJ (US);
Der-Hwa Gan, Fremont, CA (US);
Keith E. Holleman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Manoj Leelanivas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Nischal Sheth, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Arun Vaidyanathan, Los Altos, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A connection between network nodes in a communication network is backed up. A failover switched path such as a label-switched path (LSP) is created starting at a first network node of a connection and ending at the second node of the connection, while bypassing the protected connection. In the event of connection failure, data is transmitted through the failover switched path (e.g., LSP). A network operator can selectively protect different types of data by using filters that bind one or more types of traffic received over one or more interfaces to different failover switched paths (LSPs).