Patent ID: 6421722
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for providing internetworking service reliability, the method comprises the steps of:a) determining whether identified intranetworking resources of a plurality of intranetworking services and identified internetworking resources of a plurality of internetworking resources provide a reliable internetworking service; b) when the reliable internetworking service cannot be provided due to at least one of the identified intranetworking resources, flagging at least one of the identified internetworking resources that is associated with the at least one of the intranetworking resources to produce at least one flagged internetworking resource; and c) establishing a new internetworking service using newly identified intranetworking resources of the plurality of intranetworking resources and newly identified internetworking resources of the plurality of internetworking resources, wherein the newly identified intranetworking resources are exclusive of the at least one intranetworking resource and the newly identified internetworking resources are exclusive of the at least one flagged internetworking resource when the new internetworking service can be established with exclusion of the at least one flagged internetworking resource.