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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Manish Gupta, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramasamy Ramanathan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sri S. Goli, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/54 (2013.01); H04J 3/14 (2006.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04J 3/14 (2013.01); H04L 12/56 (2013.01); H04L 45/507 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first provider edge (PE) device is configured to: receive a Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) MAC Flush message from a PE device via an input port; flush a routing table in response to the LDP MAC Flush message; determine whether the LDP MAC Flush message comprises a PE identifier corresponding to the PE device; generate a Topology Change Notification (TCN) message based on the LDP MAC Flush message when the LDP MAC Flush message comprises the PE identifier corresponding to the PE device; and output the TCN message.