Patent attributes
Various example embodiments for supporting rerouting of packets in communication networks are presented. Various example embodiments for supporting rerouting of packets in communication networks may be configured to support rerouting of packets based on common node protection. Various example embodiments for supporting rerouting of packets based on common node protection may be configured to support rerouting of source routed packets in packet switched networks. Various example embodiments for supporting rerouting of packets based on common node protection may be configured to support rerouting of source routed packets based on segment routing (SR). Various example embodiments for supporting rerouting of packets based on common node protection may be configured to support rerouting of source routed packets based on SR-Traffic Engineering (SR-TE). Various example embodiments for supporting rerouting of packets based on common node protection may be configured to support fast rerouting (FRR) of source routed packets based on SR-TE.