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Method of failure detection in an IP forwarding plane

  • US 20070189177A1
  • Filed: 09/26/2006
  • Published: 08/16/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for implementing a failure detection on an Internet Protocol (IP) forwarding plane, comprising:

  • IP nodes obtaining Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) identifier information which is used in the BFD, and starting a BFD session;

    the IP nodes encapsulating a BFD packet and transporting the packet between the IP nodes running the BFD session;

    detecting a failure according to the BFD packet transported between the IP nodes.

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