Patent ID: 9654376
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first device, a first status update from a second device, the first status update providing status information for a physical link between the first device and the second device, the physical link being partitioned into a plurality of virtual links, the first status update including a respective first management status value and a respective first operational status value for each of the virtual links; determining a respective second management status value for each of the virtual links; determining a respective second operational status value for each of the virtual links based on the first status update and the respective second management status value; transmitting, by the first device, a second status update for the physical link to the second device, the second status update including the respective second management status value for each of the virtual links and the respective second operational status value for each of the virtual links; and determining a respective state of each of the virtual links based on the respective first management status value, the respective first operational status value, the respective second management status value, and the respective second operational status value; wherein: