Patent ID: 9647928
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: accessing, by a processor, information associated with a link between a first device and a network, the link being a point-to-multipoint link; and advertising, by the processor, the first device to the network, the advertising including: determining a plurality of metric results associated with link descriptions for links between the first device and one or more second devices, the links being point-to-point links that are associated with the point-to-multipoint link, and the plurality of metric results including information associated with a relative cost of transmitting a data packet over a point-to-point link, of the point-to-point links, versus one or more other point-to-point links of the point-to-point links; including the plurality of metric results in a link-state advertisement for the first device; and sending the link-state advertisement via the link, the sending the link-state advertisement including: determining whether the first device is a first type of device or a second type of device, the first type of device being different than the second type of device; and sending, when the first device is the first type of device or the second type of device, the link state advertisement to the one or more second devices.