Anderson Gorecki & Rouille LLP
Method and apparatus for resolving conflicting unicast advertisements in a transport network
A method, apparatus and computer program product for resolving conflicting unicast advertisements in transport network is presented. A particular Backbone Virtual Local Area Network (BVLAN) as a first BVLAN (BVLAN1) on a first network device in a transport network. The first network device receives a first message from a second network device advertising a first Backbone Media Access Channel (BMAC) on a first BVLAN (BMAC1,BVLAN1). The first network device receives a second message from a third network device advertising the (BMAC1,BVLAN1). The (BMAC1,BVLAN1) is assigned to the device of the second network device and the third network device having a lower Identifier (ID) value, wherein the ID value comprises one of the group comprising an Intermediate System to Intermediate System (ISIS) system ID and a Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) bridge ID.
Avaya, Inc.
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Xiaolan Srikanth
Zhou Keesara