Patent ID: 11924042
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A network with one or more nodes, comprising:
a first node including a processor, a receiver and a transmitter configured to:
receive connectivity information of one or more nodes in the network including the first node;
compute a flooding topology based on the received connectivity information, the flooding topology represented by links between the one or more nodes, including the first node, in the network;
encode the links between the one or more nodes, including the first node, on the flooding topology, wherein the links are encoded with at least an encoded node index size (ENS) index and a compact node index (CNI);
flooding a link state advertisement message to the one or more nodes in the network, the link state advertisement message including each of the encoded links in the flooding topology;

a second node including a processor, a receiver and a transmitter to:
receive the link state advertisement message including the encoded links in the flooding topology; and
decode the encoded links in the link state advertisement message to obtain the flooding topology.