FAST REROUTE (FRR) PROTECTION AT THE EDGE OF A RFC 2547 NETWORK

• Main Authors: WARD, DAVID, D, PREVIDI, STEFANO, B, SCUDDER, JOHN, GALEN, FILSFILS, CLARENCE, VASSEUR, JEAN-PHILIPPE, GUICHARD, JIM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 22.06.2006
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A fast reroute (FRR) technique that may be deployed at the edge of a network having first and second edge devices coupled to a neighboring routing domain. If the first edge device detects a node or link failure that prevents it from communicating with the neighboring domain, the first edge device re...