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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Clarence Filsfils, Brussels, BE;
David Ward, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christopher Y. Metz, Danville, CA (US);
Peter De Vriendt, Denderleeuw, BE;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/00 (2013.01); H04L 41/00 (2013.01); H04L 43/04 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04L 43/0805 (2013.01); H04L 45/70 (2013.01); H04L 41/0681 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving at a network device, route convergence measurements and traffic demand measurements from a plurality of routers, and computing network availability based on the measurements at the network device. The route convergence measurements are associated with route computations at the routers and the traffic demand measurements include portions of a demand matrix associated with the routers. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.