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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2012
Chirayu A. Shah, Fremont, CA (US);
Sasha Cirkovic, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chirayu A. Shah, Fremont, CA (US);
Sasha Cirkovic, San Francisco, CA (US);
CORIANT OPERATIONS, INC., Naperville, IL (US);
Abstract
A procedure, and an apparatus, system and computer program that operate in accordance with the procedure, for operating a dual homed communications network. In the procedure, a backup aggregation n ode is configured in accordance with a configuration of a primary multi-service router. A failure is detected in a first communication path that includes a primary multi-service router. In response to the detection, a second, backup communication path is activated that includes a backup multi-service router. In response to the activation, a router is negotiated with so that traffic forwarded by the router is provided to the second, backup communication path instead of the first communication path.