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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Alcatel-lucent, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Horst Roessler, Filderstadt, DE;
Heidrun Grob-Lipski, Starzach, DE;
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/715 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a communication network including a plurality of network domains in which switches and controllers are separated, in controllers providing the information to which neighbor switches are to forward data packets, inter-domain communication is introduced. For example, a local controller alerts another local controller enabling this other local controller to perform process steps in preparation of arrival of a data packet prior to that data packet arriving at its network domain.