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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2010
Wenhu LU, San Jose, CA (US);
Sriganesh Kini, Fremont, CA (US);
Srikanth Narayanan, San Jose, CA (US);
Wenhu Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Sriganesh Kini, Fremont, CA (US);
Srikanth Narayanan, San Jose, CA (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
Computing a constraint-based label switched path (LSP) that spans multiple areas is described. In one embodiment, a router in a first one of the multiple areas computes a path segment that meets a set of one or more constraints to at least one border router of the first area that lies in a path necessary to reach the destination. The router transmits a path computation request message to a path computation element (PCE) in a second one of the areas, which includes a set of one or more attributes for each computed path segment that are used by the PCE to compute one or more path segments towards the destination of the constraint-based LSP. The router receives a path computation reply message from the PCE that specifies a set of one or more computed path segments that meet the set of constraints and that were computed by one or more PCEs downstream from the router. The router stitches at least one of the set of computed path segments that are specified in the path computation reply message with the path segment computed by the router to form at least part of the constraint-based LSP.