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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2013
Applicant:

Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;

Inventors:

Pietro Vittorio Grandi, Milan, IT;

Italo Busi, Milan, IT;

Sergio Belotti, Milan, IT;

Assignee:

Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/913 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 45/026 (2013.01); H04L 47/724 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exemplary method and apparatus are provided for exchanging information for establishing a path between a first node and a second node of a communication network. The first node and the second node are adapted to send continuity check messages to monitor the established path. The technique includes generating, at the first node and at the second node, at least one link state message according to a routing protocol; inserting continuity check link state information into the at least one link state message; and exchanging between the first node and the second node, the link state messages for computing the path. The continuity check link state information are indicative of at least one rate of transmission of the continuity check messages supported by the first node and the second node.


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