METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CONNECTION INFORMATION OF A LINK

摘要

A method and apparatus is provided for determining connection information of a link between a first port on a first network element and a second port on a second network element. Bidirectional Forwarding Detection discriminator values are defined for both the first port and the second port, BFD signals are sent over the link, and a link connection profile is produced containing the first and second BFD discriminator values. The link connection profile is notified to a network management system, which may then update the network topology with the link connection information.