Patent ID: 9729455
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: assigning a ring identifier to a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) ring and assigning an index to each of a plurality of routers that form the MPLS ring in a ring network, wherein the index indicates a position around the MPLS ring for the respective router; outputting, from each of the routers, messages announcing membership in the MPLS ring and the indexed position around the ring for the respective router; selecting, at each of the routers, a downstream neighbor and an upstream neighbor for the MPLS ring based on the index of each of the routers; establishing, with the plurality of routers, the MPLS ring having a plurality of ring label switched paths (LSPs), each of the ring LSPs configured to transport MPLS packets around the ring network to a different one of the routers operating as an egress router for the respective ring LSP; and forwarding network traffic as MPLS packets around the ring network in accordance with the ring LSPs.