Patent ID: 7672228
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: exchanging network communications by a first node in a plurality of nodes, the first node having a loop recovery service module for recovering from a network loop and a loop detection service module providing services to, and operating independent of, the loop recovery service module, the plurality of nodes having with a memory device and a processor of the first node, operating the first node in a slave state wherein the first node is one of the one or more slave nodes of the plurality of nodes, wherein the first node is controlled by a second node operating as the master node of the plurality of nodes; during the first node operating in the slave state, the first node determining that a control packet has not been received from the second node; in response to the determining that the control packet has not been received, the first node transitioning from the slave state to a pre-master state; and during the first node operating in the pre-master state: