Patent ID: 9363181
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A network device in a computer network, comprising: an ingress circuitry configured to: receive first network traffic from a first transmitter of the first network traffic, the first network traffic being destined for a first receiver along a first network path, and receive second network traffic from the first receiver, the second network traffic being destined for at least the first transmitter along a second network path; a pause frame detector configured to detect a pause frame received from an immediately preceding network device in a direction of the second network traffic, the pause frame having an address corresponding to the first receiver, and the first receiver being different from the immediately preceding network device; and an alternative network path activator configured to selectively activate, in response to the detected pause frame, a third network path for transmitting the first network traffic to the first receiver, the third network path being different from the first network path.