Patent ID: 7554903

Claim:
A method, comprising: monitoring, by a router of a plurality of routers, a status for each of the plurality of routers, whereby the plurality of routers are provided in a telecommunication device, each router represented as an interface in a hot standby routing protocol (HSRP), each router comprising a relay having a first position and a second position, each of the relays of the routers being coupled to a physical link; and electing, by the monitoring router, one of the routers as an active router by positioning its corresponding relay, wherein the step of electing comprises: determining a performance parameter for each router, the performance parameter comprising an interface health score; electing the active router based on the performance parameters comprising the interface health scores according to an election protocol; and positioning the relays of the routers based on the election; and sending a notification from the active router to the other routers.