Patent ID: 6590868
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for restarting communication between a transmitting network element and a number of receiving network elements in a network, the method comprising:generating, by the transmitting network element, a hello packet, the hello packet to include a time value, the time value to indicate when hello packets that are transmitted by the transmitting network element are to be received by the number of receiving network elements; generating, by the transmitting network element, a copy of the hello packet; increasing, by the transmitting network element, the time value in the copy of the hello packet; storing, by the transmitting network element, the copy of the hello packet in a local memory; and transmitting, by the transmitting network element, the copy of the hello packet to the number of receiving network elements when the transmitting network element is reinitializing after International-System-International-System (IS-IS) network communications in the transmitting network element have been non-operational.