Patent ID: 8718063
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to: receive, at a first network device from a second network device, a first forwarding-state packet associated with a peripheral processing device and having a first generation identifier; receive, at the first network device from a third network device, a second forwarding-state packet associated with the peripheral processing device and having a second generation identifier; implement forwarding-state information included in the first forwarding-state packet when (1) a value of a device identifier of the second network device meets at least one criterion with respect to a value of a device identifier of the third network device and (2) the value of the first generation identifier is equal to the value of the second generation identifier; and implement forwarding-state information included in the second forwarding-state packet when (1) the value of the device identifier of the second network device does not meet at least one criterion with respect to the value of the device identifier of the third network device and (2) the value of the first generation identifier is equal to the value of the second generation identifier.