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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Meenakshi R. Kaushik, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Chandramouli Radhakrishnan, San Jose, CA (US);
Daljeet Singh, Watsonville, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/703 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/733 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 41/0659 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/122 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for maintaining a bridging network communication path table is presented and includes determining a failed communication link between a first bridge computer and a second bridge computer in the bridging network; identifying, in the communication path table, a first path that includes the failed communication link; and indicating that the first path is not active.