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[Robert Raszuk <raszuk@cisco.com>]

> I would like to do something
> that is new.

Well what you are describing below is nothing new at all. It is just
known as path protection for TE-LSPs. The concept is well known and even
some production implementations already support it :).

R.

> ramu wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I got some doubts.
> Regarding my thesis, I would like to do something
> that is new.
> Then, I got an idea.
> Considering fault-tolerance in MPLS,
> We will always have back-up path for the current path.
> If current path fails, the traffic is shifted onto the backup one.
> Once restored the traffic is shifted back to the current one.
> Now, this way the load oscillations will occur which is undesirable if
> =
> the failure occurs frequently on the current one, since the
> probability =
> will be higher to failure.
> So, what if we can use the backup path as the main path, though
> previous path is restored.
> Now, the load oscillations will be less.
> What is your idea on this.
> Is this worth enough? or is this ridiculous?
> 
> Thank you very much,
> Sincerely,
> Ramachandra Bachala

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