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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Stewart Frederick Bryant, Reading, GB;
Ian Michael Charles Shand, Reading, GB;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/703 (2013.01); H04L 12/717 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0668 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 45/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method comprises determining a set of protected components that are associated with a notifying node; determining a single network repair address for the set of protected components, wherein the single network repair address is for use in response to unavailability of any of the protected components when transmitting network traffic to the notifying node; assigning the single network repair address to each of the protected components; wherein the notifying node is an internetworking device and wherein the method is performed by one or more processors.