| 发明名称 | Method of coordinating a path switch and network elements associated therewith | ||
| 摘要 | In one embodiment, the method includes instructing, by a controller, a switch to change from sending data via a first tunnel to sending data via a second tunnel. The first tunnel is between the switch and a first network element, and the second tunnel is between the switch and a second network element. The method further includes receiving, by the controller, acknowledgement from the switch, and notifying, by the controller, the second network element that packets will no longer be sent via the first tunnel in response to the received acknowledgement. | ||
| 申请公布号 | US9516554(B2) | 申请公布日期 | 2016.12.06 |
| 申请号 | US201414338841 | 申请日期 | 2014.07.23 |
| 申请人 | Alcatel Lucent | 发明人 | Kahn Colin;Viswanathan Harish |
| 分类号 | H04W36/00;H04W36/08;H04W76/04 | 主分类号 | H04W36/00 |
| 代理机构 | Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. | 代理人 | Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. |
| 主权项 | 1. A method of coordinating a path switch, the method comprising: instructing, by a controller, a switch to change from sending data via a first tunnel to sending data via a second tunnel, the first tunnel between the switch and a first network element, and the second tunnel between the switch and a second network element; receiving, by the controller, acknowledgement from the switch; and notifying, by the controller, the second network element that packets will no longer be sent via the first tunnel in response to the received acknowledgement. | ||
| 地址 | Boulogne-Billancourt FR | ||