Patent ID: 11895228
Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network device, cause the one or more processors to:
establish a fast heartbeat session via a media access control security (MACsec) communication link between the network device and another network device,
where the fast heartbeat session is configured at a layer below a layer of a MACsec key agreement (MKA) daemon in an MKA stack of the network device;
place an MKA protocol of an MKA session between the network device and the other network device in a pause state after the fast heartbeat session is established,
where the MKA protocol of the MKA session is maintained in the pause state until the network device detects a rekey event; and
place, by the network device, the MKA protocol in an active state based on detection of the rekey event.