Invention Grant
US07916741B2 System and method for preventing count-to-infinity problems in ethernet networks
有权
用于防止以太网中无数无穷问题的系统和方法
- Patent Title: System and method for preventing count-to-infinity problems in ethernet networks
- Patent Title (中): 用于防止以太网中无数无穷问题的系统和方法
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Application No.: US11695601Application Date: 2007-04-02
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Publication No.: US07916741B2Publication Date: 2011-03-29
- Inventor: Khaled Elmeleegy , Alan L. Cox , Tze Sing Eugene Ng
- Applicant: Khaled Elmeleegy , Alan L. Cox , Tze Sing Eugene Ng
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
- Current Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: 24IP Law Group
- Agent Timothy R. DeWitt
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28

Abstract:
A system and method for preventing a count-to-infinity problem in a network using epochs of sequence numbers in protocol messages to eliminate stale protocol information in the network and to allow the forwarding topology to recover in merely one round trip time across the network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080240129A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING COUNT-TO-INFINITY PROBLEMS IN ETHERNET NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2008-10-02
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