发明名称 |
Use of sub path maintenance elements (SPMES) for multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) shared mesh protection |
摘要 |
Embodiments of the invention include a computer-implemented method of shared backup path computation in an multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network, the shared backup path to be used upon a failure of at least one working path of the MPLS network. |
申请公布号 |
US8879385(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.11.04 |
申请号 |
US201113170113 |
申请日期 |
2011.06.27 |
申请人 |
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ) |
发明人 |
Allan David Ian |
分类号 |
H04L12/26;H04L12/723;H04L12/707;H04L12/703 |
主分类号 |
H04L12/26 |
代理机构 |
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP |
代理人 |
Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP |
主权项 |
1. A computer-implemented method of a shared backup path computation in a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network, the shared backup path to be used upon a failure of at least one working path of the MPLS network, the method comprising the steps of:
determining if a link from a first node of a path list in a MPLS network topology to a second node in the MPLS network topology is link shared as a backup link between the first node and a third node in the MPLS network topology; creating a cross-connecting label associated with an egress link if the egress link is a shared backup link; creating a sub-path maintenance element (SPME) label to be pushed onto a packet to be sent from the first node to the second node of the MPLS network to create the shared backup path, wherein the SPME label includes a business priority indication if the egress link is a shared backup link and indicates a path over the shared backup link, wherein the business priority indication is to be encoded in a traffic class (TC) field of the SPME label; and storing the shared backup path in a database of a router in the MPLS network. |
地址 |
Stockholm SE |