Patent ID: 8797838

Claim:
A device comprising: one or more processors, configured to: detect a first failure of a working path in a network; detect a first recovery of the working path that is reintegrated into the network in response to the first recovery; detect a second failure of the working path subsequent to the first failure and after the detection of the first recovery, wherein the working path has operated without an intervening failure between the first failure and the second failure; determine an elapsed time between an occurrence of the first failure and an occurrence of the second failure; detect a second recovery of the working path after the second failure; and reintegrate the working path as part of the network after waiting for at least a duration of the elapsed time after the second recovery, wherein any failure of the working path includes malfunction of any device or component in the working path or includes a failure, of any device or component, in the working path, to no longer provide a required quality-of-service.