Distributing non-unicast routes information in a TRILL network
US9942126B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 21, 2017 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 21, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/50
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for processing non-unicast routes information in a TRILL network and a corresponding RBridge, wherein the RBridge has a neighbor relation with a plurality of other RBridges in the TRILL network, and the RBridge is the RBridge which computes non-unicast routes information in the neighbor relation, and in the method, the RBridge executes steps of: sending an acknowledgement message to the plurality of other RBridges, wherein the acknowledgement message acknowledges that the RBridge is the RBridge which computes the non-unicast routes information; obtaining a network topology related to the non-unicast routes information in the TRILL network; computing the non-unicast routes information based on the network topology; and distributing the computed non-unicast routes information to the plurality of other RBridges. The method and the corresponding RBridge are capable of reducing consumption of CPU resource of RBridges in the TRILL network.
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