Patent ID: 11888695
Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network device, cause the network device to:
receive a first message indicating that the network device is to operate according to a new configuration for a period of time and that the network device is to operate according to another configuration upon expiration of the period of time without confirmation of the new configuration,
wherein the first message includes at least one of:
information identifying that the network device is to operate according to the new configuration;
information identifying the period of time; or
information identifying that the network device is to operate according to the other configuration upon expiration of the period of time without confirmation of the new configuration;

cause, based on the first message, the network device to operate according to the new configuration for the period of time;
determine, based on causing the network device to operate according to the new configuration for the period of time, whether the network device received, prior to expiration of the period of time, a second message indicating confirmation of the new configuration; and
selectively:
cause the network device to operate according to the other configuration after expiration of the period of time, based on determining that the network device did not receive the second message prior to expiration of the period of time; or
cause the network device to operate according to the new configuration after expiration of the period of time, based on determining that the network device received the second message prior to expiration of the period of time.