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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2009
Bin Wang, Shenzhen, CN;
Shaoyong Wu, Shenzhen, CN;
Bin Wang, Shenzhen, CN;
Shaoyong Wu, Shenzhen, CN;
ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for refreshing a single ring address of an Ethernet ring, which method comprises: achieving address refresh on an on-ring port at one side of a same node by the control of a refresh timer. The present invention further discloses a system for refreshing a single ring address of an Ethernet ring, which system comprises: an address refresh achieving unit configured to achieve address refresh on an on-ring port at one side of a same node by the control of a refresh timer. The method and system of the present invention reduces the number of refreshes of the address forwarding table and improves the efficiency and stability of Ethernet ring protection, thus greatly promoting the performance of the Ethernet ring.