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Method for routing packets by squelched flooding

  • US 5,007,052 A
  • Filed: 04/11/1989
  • Issued: 04/09/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/11/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a packet-switched communication network, a method for routing flooding packets to nodes in said network, said method comprising the steps of:

  • assigning at each local node a link sequence value to each communication link with said local node;

    exchanging between each said local node and each remote nodes said link sequence value assigned to a common communication link such that each said local node is advised of the link sequence value assigned by each remote node to a communication link with said local node; and

    transmitting flooding packets only via communication links having link sequence values with a priority above a link sequence value threshold.

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