Patent ID: 9544218
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for processing a nickname conflict in a TRILL network, comprising: receiving, by a first Routing Bridge (RB), a Link State Packet (LSP) from a second RB; determining, according to the received LSP, whether nicknames for the first RB and the second RB conflict; in response to determining that the nicknames conflict, determining whether the first RB is a lower priority RB than the second RB based on comparing information of the first RB with information determined from the LSP; broadcasting the LSP received from the second RB in response to determining the first RB is the lower priority RB; modifying the nickname of the first RB if the first RB receives another LSP from the second RB within a predefined period of time of receiving the LSP; and keeping the nickname of the first RB unchanged if the first RB does not receive another LSP from the second RB within the predefined period of time.