Internetwork route calculation execution method and apparatus
US6370653B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 25, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 9, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 25, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0654
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an internetwork apparatus for interconnecting a plurality of networks having a route calculating module for calculating routes and a management module for managing a whole operation of the internetwork apparatus, the management module substitutes for route calculation in place of the route calculating module, when a fault occurs in the route calculating module, and packets are repeated in accordance with route calculation results made by the management module.
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