Method and apparatus for graceful restart
US7130304B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 31, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/033
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for graceful restart is described. A method in a network device provides for refreshing a set of one or more labels after a label propagation module has restarted, the set of one or more labels having been allocated for the label propagation module prior to the label propagation module dying, and communicating the refreshed set of labels to a set of one or more peer label switching network devices.
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