Method and apparatus for establishing adjacency for a...

Multiplex communications – Network configuration determination

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C370S395310, C370S395320, C370S400000

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ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for establishing adjacencies on a network, the method comprising, at a first node of the network, sending hello packets on the network and receiving hello packets from other nodes on the network on the basis of the received hello packets. The node then sends a link-state packet without adjacency information and without an overload bit set. The node then interrogates a link-state adjacency table and, when only one adjacency is listed in the link-state table, sends a further link-state packet with the adjacency information and the overload bit set. On convergence of a forward cache, the node sends a further link-state packet with adjacency information and without the overload bit set.

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