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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Manish Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramasamy Ramanathan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sri Goli, San Jose, CA (US);
Manish Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramasamy Ramanathan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sri Goli, San Jose, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A first provider edge (PE) device is configured to: receive a Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) MAC Flush message from a PE device via an input port; flush a routing table in response to the LDP MAC Flush message; determine whether the LDP MAC Flush message comprises a PE identifier corresponding to the PE device; generate a Topology Change Notification (TCN) message based on the LDP MAC Flush message when the LDP MAC Flush message comprises the PE identifier corresponding to the PE device; and output the TCN message.