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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2010
Srikrishnan Venkataraman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sandeep Bishnoi, San Jose, CA (US);
Pradeep G. Jain, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kanwar D. Singh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Srikrishnan VenkataRaman, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sandeep Bishnoi, San Jose, CA (US);
Pradeep G. Jain, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kanwar D. Singh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
One example embodiment of the method includes receiving first control packets, by a first node, from a source node. The first control packets indicate the status of the source node. Whether the source node is operational and if a connection path between the first node and the source node is operational is determined based on the received first control packets. The method further includes sending a second control packet to a downstream node if the source node is non-operational, or the connection is non-operational. The second control packet includes at least one value indicating the source node is unreliable.