Systems and methods for determining network topologies

• Main Authors: Dhami Mandeep Singh, Hersey Daniel C, Ramasubramanian Srinivasan, Zhou Shudong, Appenzeller Guido
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.05.2017
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A controller may control client switches in a network including client and non-client switches. The controller may maintain a link discovery table including entries that identify links between client switches. The controller may classify the links as direct or broadcast links. To classify links of t...