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AssigneeCiena Corporation
InventorsAditya Mittal, Pankaj Verma, Sudipta Das
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Systems and methods for enabling Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) over a selected reverse path are provided. A process, according to one implementation, include sending an echo request in a forward direction from an initiator node to a reflector node. For example, the initiator node and reflector node may be configured to operate in a network having no or different centralized controller that manages both the initiator node and reflector node. The echo request may be sent to the reflector node to discover a reverse path in a reverse direction from the reflector node to the initiator node. Also, the reverse path is discovered for the purpose of initiating a Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) or Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Ping procedure.
An initiator node operating in a network, the initiator node comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store computer logic having instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processing devices to:
A method comprising:
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