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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2013
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Yaping Zhou, Beijing, CN;
Cuihua Deng, Beijing, CN;
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The embodiments disclose a method and apparatus of selecting a path for transmission from paths between a first LER and a second LER in the MPLS network. The method may comprise: obtaining state information of the paths between the first LER and the second LER, the state information may indicate that a path is in up state or down state; obtaining stability information of at least one of the paths between the first LER and the second LER, the stability information may indicate that a path is stable or unstable; and selecting a path for transmission based on the state information and the stability information.