Patent ID: 11968114
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the network device is a first network device, and wherein the system further comprises a second network device connected to the first network device over the second link, and wherein the second network device is configured to:
receive the network packet over the second link from the first network device;
update the visited node data to identify the second network device as having been visited by the network packet,
identify, from among a plurality of egress links from the second network device, a third link along a path to the destination device,
determine, based on the visited node data stored within the network packet, that the third link leads to a network device that has been previously visited by the network packet;
identify, from among the plurality of egress links from the second network device, a fourth link that is operable and is along a second alternative path to the destination device; and
transmit the network packet over the fourth link.