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Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Determining a Shared Identifier for a Hop in a Network

  • US 20140189154A1
  • Filed: 12/27/2012
  • Published: 07/03/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for determining a shared identifier for a hop in a network, the method comprising:

  • exchanging hop information about a hop including a first node and a second node in a pair of consecutive nodes in a network path that communicatively couples, via a network protocol, a source node to a destination node;

    identifying a hop identifier criterion specified based on the network protocol; and

    determining, based on the hop information, a hop identifier that meets the hop identifier criterion and that, in a protocol address of the network protocol, at least one of identifies the first node to the second node and identifies the second node to the first node,wherein performing at least one element comprising the method includes execution of an instruction by a processor.

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