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Connectivity fault management timeout period control

  • US 8,576,698 B2
  • Filed: 12/10/2009
  • Issued: 11/05/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for modifying a timeout period observed by a peer system, the system comprising:

  • a temporary factor module configured to, based on an indication of a future event that will render the system temporarily unavailable, determine a new value for a timeout factor to transmit to the peer system;

    a connectivity fault management (CFM) message initiator configured to, when the temporary factor module has determined a value for the new timeout factor, construct a new CFM message that includes an indication specifying the new value for the timeout factor, anda transmitter interface configured to transmit the new CFM message to the peer system for use in modifying a CFM message timeout period,wherein the new CFM message instructs the peer system to refrain from declaring a timeout while the system is temporarily unavailable due to the future event by modifying the CFM message timeout period.

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