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AssigneeITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
InventorsChris Cho-Pin Li, Chang-June Yoon
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The invention includes a method and apparatus for disseminating information in a communication network having a plurality of nodes. The method includes receiving, in a node, a packet including link-state advertisements (LSAs) from the communication network and a flooding status field. Based on the flooding status field, the node determines the type of LSA received and then re-floods the packet onto the communication network, based on the type of LSA determined from the flooding status field. A sub-field in the flooding status field indicates whether the LSA is intended for distribution to the entire communication network, or is intended for distribution to other nodes in the communication network located within a predetermined range of the node. The node prevents re-flooding of the LSA, if the other nodes in the communication network are located outside of the predetermined range. The node includes a re-flood timer which is set to expire based on an urgency level included in the flooding status field. The node waits for the re-flood timer to expire and then re-floods the LSA packet from the node onto the communication network.
A method of disseminating information in a communication network including a plurality of nodes, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of disseminating information in a communication network including a plurality of clusters, a cluster having a flooding proxy node and at least one flooding group member mode, the method comprising the steps of:
The method of claim, 11 further including the following steps:
16 In a node disseminating information by transmitting link state advertisements (LSAs) to other nodes in a network, the node comprising
The node of claim 16 wherein the flooding status field includes a sub-field indicating a time-to-live (TTL) value, and
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.