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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2013
Adva Optical Networking SE, Meiningen, DE;
Igor Bryskin, Great Falls, VA (US);
ADVA Optical Networking SE, Meiningen, DE;
Abstract
An asymmetrical network switch adapted to auto-discover and advertise into a traffic engineering, TE, domain a switch detailed connectivity matrix, SDCM, containing for each allowed switching combination of interfaces of said asymmetrical network switch at least one switch detailed connectivity matrix entry, SDCME, wherein each said SDCME represents an internal to said asymmetrical network switch potential connection interconnecting the interfaces of said interface switching combination, wherein a SDCME advertisement includes a switch detailed connectivity matrix entry cost vector, SDCME CV, which comprises a set of attributes describing cost penalties in terms of various service characteristics that a network service incurs if it selects a path or a tree traversing the asymmetrical switch in accordance with the SDCME.