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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Koutoung Chou, Plano, TX (US);
Maria Malit, Frisco, TX (US);
Inventors:
Koutoung Chou, Plano, TX (US);
Maria Malit, Frisco, TX (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/123 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes identifying, by a first router, a number of label switched paths from the first router to a destination router, wherein each of the label switched paths includes less than a predetermined number of routers. The method may also include storing, for each of the label switched paths, information identifying each router in the label switched path. The method may further include identifying a least cost label switched path based on the stored information.