Patent ID: 11968118
Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining, by the controller, that a new node device has entered the network, wherein the new node device is connected to at least a first node device of the plurality of node devices via a new link;
determining, by the controller, whether the first node device is configured to probe a total number of links less than or equal to the total number of links being probed by the new node device;
responsive to determining that the first node device is probing the total number of links less than or equal to the total number of links being probed by the new node device, selecting, by the controller, the new node device to refrain from sending further probe packets to the first node device over the new link; and
responsive to determining that the first node device is probing the total number of links greater than the total number of links being probed by the new node device, selecting, by the controller, the node device connected to the new node device over the new link to refrain from sending further probe packets to the new node device over the new link.