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Methods and devices for creating an alternate path for a bi-directional LSP

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  • US 7,508,755 B2
  • Filed: 07/07/2003
  • Issued: 03/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for re-routing traffic from a bi-directional Label Switched Path (LSP) comprising:

  • an originating network device to;

    re-route traffic traveling along a bi-directional LSP in a forward direction to an alternate path in the forward direction; and

    transmit a switch over message along the alternate path in the forward direction to a merging network device responsible for re-routing traffic traveling along the bi-directional LSP in a backward direction to the alternate path in the backward direction.

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