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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2015
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Madhavan Jayabalan, Bangalore, IN;
Arnab Choudhury, Vastra Frolunda, SE;
Kousik Nandy, Bangalore, IN;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method is implemented by a network device for improving availability of network component using multi-chassis redundancy by efficiently re-routing data traffic intended for the network component in the event of a link or node failure. The network device is in a set of network devices hosting the network component each network device in the set of network devices having a shared cluster identifier and a separate node identifier. The set of network devices hosting the network component share a virtual internet protocol address.