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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Eric W. Osborne, Sutton, MA (US);
Prabhu Vaithilingam, Kanata, CA;
Inventors:
Eric W. Osborne, Sutton, MA (US);
Prabhu Vaithilingam, Kanata, CA;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/703 (2013.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 47/825 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a technique enables protection, e.g., Fast Reroute (FRR) protection, for selective traffic in an area of a computer network. A source node, located at an edge or perimeter of a network area or located in the core of the network area, may utilize one of a plurality of labels when forwarding traffic to a destination node, wherein a first label ('a protected label') indicates that traffic receive FRR protection and a second label ('an unprotected label') indicates that that traffic not receive FRR protection.