US Patent 7664045 Sampling to a next hop

Patent 7664045 was granted and assigned to Juniper Networks on February, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Juniper Networks

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7664045

Date of Patent

February 16, 2010

Patent Application Number

11811921

Date Filed

June 11, 2007

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tri H Phan

Patent abstract

Samples from an addressed data forwarding devices, such as a router, are forwarded to a specified next hop address and/or out a specified next hop interface. However, the sampling and/or next hop forwarding is suppressed if the specified next hop address is unstable or unresolved.