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Trill shortest path first implementation

  • US 9,036,506 B2
  • Filed: 11/04/2013
  • Issued: 05/19/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of implementing a Shortest Path First (SPF) computation, comprising:

  • identifying a plurality of network elements connected together as a distributed network;

    identifying one or more predetermined events occurring in a status of one of the plurality of network elements in the distributed network under a link state protocol (LSP); and

    implementing, by a processor, the SPF computation only for a multicast distribution in the distributed network except when the identified one or more predetermined events trigger a change in the LSP, wherein the one or more identified predetermined events includes a change in a distribution tree.

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