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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Eric Sporel, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/20 (2006.01); G06F 11/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/2023 (2013.01); G06F 11/1658 (2013.01); G06F 11/2028 (2013.01); G06F 11/2038 (2013.01); G06F 11/2043 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach for efficient failover detection includes detecting an attempt by a first server to transition from a standby mode to an active mode, diagnosing a loss of connectivity to the first server in a control plane as a cause of the attempt, and transitioning to a standby mode based on the diagnosed cause of the attempt.