OSPF routing to geographically diverse applications using OSPF and route health injection (RHI)
US7707308B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/40
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A first message server is placed in a first geographic location, a second message server is placed in a second geographic location, and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) metrics are used to properly route traffic to a surviving message server if one geographic location is destroyed.
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