Patent · US Active

Grace link state advertisement (LSA) from a virtual stack device

US10498644B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by
7References
20Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 2017
Grant dateDec 3, 2019
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 30, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02D30/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Examples disclosed herein relate to a grace link state advertisement (LSA) from a virtual stack device. In an example, a first member network device of a virtual stack device may an input from a Multi-Active Detection (MAD) device. The virtual stack device may be a logical network device comprising the first member network device and a second member network device. Based on the input from the MAD device, the first member network device may determine whether a grace link state advertisement (LSA) is to be sent to a neighbor Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) enabled router by the first member network device, wherein the neighbor OSPF enabled router is an OSPF neighbor to the virtual stack device.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.