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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2016
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pranay Pogde, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Murphy, Alameda, CA (US);
Abhijit Choudhury, Cupertino, CA (US);
Raghavendra Mallya, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sandeep Bajaj, San Ramon, CA (US);
Bharani Chadalavada, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajagopalan Sivaramakrishnan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first core device configured to be disposed within a network. The network has a set of access nodes and a second core device. The first core device is configured to receive a signal designating the first core device as a master device for a virtual group identifier such that the second core device is designated as a back-up device for that virtual group identifier.