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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2012
Ijsbrand Wijnands, Leuven, BE;
Eric Rosen, Arlington, MA (US);
Syed Kamran Raza, Ottawa, CA;
Nagendra Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
IJsbrand Wijnands, Leuven, BE;
Eric Rosen, Arlington, MA (US);
Syed Kamran Raza, Ottawa, CA;
Nagendra Kumar, Bangalore, IN;
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example and includes receiving first address information from a protected node over a first label switched path having a first label. The first address information is associated with a first network element. A second label switched path has been previously established with the first network element. The method further includes establishing a targeted session with the first network element, assigning a second label to the second label switched path, and sending the second label to the first network element over the targeted session.