Customer traffic forwarding continues while control plane is reset

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8554949
APP PUB NO 20070220358A1
SERIAL NO

11725084

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A method and apparatus selectively resetting a control plane in a network element is described. One embodiment of the invention is a network element with a selective reset controller that can reset the control plane of the network element without interrupting the data traffic processing of the data plane of the network element.

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  • ERICSSON AB

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chen, Lei Glen Sunnyvale, US 1 126
Fernandes, Manuel Jude Vancouver, CA 2 148
Goodill, Eric Menlo Park, US 1 126
Tang, Tak Kuen Vancouver, CA 2 129

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