Packet switching based on shared node protection
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE602020050741
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2019-09-19
- Filing Date
- 2020-09-18
- Publication Date
- 2025-05-07
- Estimated Expiration
- 2040-09-18
AI Technical Summary
Existing communication networks face challenges in efficiently rerouting source routed packets due to node failures, particularly in ensuring fast and reliable protection of transit nodes along the path.
The implementation of global node protection in communication networks, where a common merge point is encoded within source routed packets to facilitate fast rerouting based on node protection, ensuring that any transit node failure can be locally repaired by rerouting through a designated merge point.
This approach enables fast and reliable rerouting of source routed packets by providing global node protection, reducing the need for complex protection path computations and maintaining network stability even in the event of node failures.