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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2014
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Swapna Anandan, Fremont, CA (US);
Sujay Gopinathan, Fremont, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one embodiment and includes establishing a primary wired access link between a first routing device and a second routing device, and establishing a backup wireless access link between the first routing device and the second routing device. The method further includes determining a status of the primary wired access link indicative of whether the primary wired access link between the first routing device and the second routing device has failed. The method still further include activating the backup wireless access link between the first routing device and the second routing device when it is determined that the status of the primary wired access link is indicative that the primary wired access link has failed.