Accelerated routing convergence
US8780692B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/021
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method comprises: determining that a session restart on a restarting node has been initiated; in response to determining that the restarting node has preserved a last acknowledged version of routing information received from a peer node, and determining that the restarting node has preserved a routing state corresponding to the last acknowledged version of routing information, transmitting to the peer node a message indicating that the last acknowledged version of routing information and the routing state have been preserved at the restarting node; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
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