OPPORTUNISTIC COMPRESSION OF ROUTING SEGMENT IDENTIFIER STACKS

• Main Authors: BRYANT STEWART F, FROST DANIEL C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.12.2014
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A method and device are disclosed for opportunistic compression of routing segment identifiers. In one embodiment, the method includes participating in routing of a first data packet through a first node in a network, and subsequently entering into an arrangement with an adjacent node in the network...