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Robust remote reset for networks

US8363542B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Nokia · FI

Inventors

Dominik Lenz · Lüdinghausen, DE
Markus Müller · Wegenstetten, CH
Stefan Mende · Recklinghausen, DE
Radha Krishna Atukula · Bochum, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2007
Grant date	Jan 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 28, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/40013
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An approach provides a reset trigger signaling in a network, wherein a reset trigger is generated, which carries a device indicator for indicating a target device. To trigger a reset procedure, the reset trigger is signaled over the network by using a protocol layer lower than a network layer. At a network entity, it is checked whether the device indicator indicates this network entity; and the reset procedure is initiated in response to the result of this checking. Thereby, the reset trigger works independent of the network topology and will reach the destination device, even if a higher protocol layer is blocked due to error situations, so that a robust and flexible reset signaling procedure can be provided.

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