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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2011
Wenhu LU, San Jose, CA (US);
Albert J. Tian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Wenhu Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Albert J. Tian, Cupertino, CA (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method, performed by a transmitter network element utilizing a link state routing protocol which has a maximum link state message size. The method is for providing information to avoid a disruption in data forwarding that would result from a receiver network element performing preferred route computations based on an incomplete set of link state messages. The method includes generating a complete set of link state messages having information indicating that the link state messages are the complete set of the link state messages. The complete set of the link state messages are collectively coherent with a link state of the transmitter network element. The method also includes transmitting the complete set of the link state messages, and the information indicating that the link state messages are the complete set of the link state messages, to a network. Also disclosed are transmitter network elements, receiver network elements, and methods thereof.