Re: router upgrade made efficient by using redundant tcp

Yes, the same type of approach (as done with the ethernet and point-to-point
links) would be followed for a shared resource such as a switch fabric.   The
details would depend on how the switch fabric were controlled which is usually a
proprietary concern.

"Kilsdonk, Daniel (Daniel)" wrote:

> > Without changing TCP functionally, that is its interface, I present a way
> > to suffer a router outage seamlessly that is, to the degree all other
> > standards are followed.      Where the router switched to has
> > functionality that is a superset of the one in outage, those parts of the
> > equivalency set are carried over.   Please review my document, I hope it
> > is easily read and understood.   The functionality has shown great promise
> > in the lab.
> > Please feel free to comment in whatever form.
> >
> >   It is available at:
> >
> >   http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-kilsdonk-router-upgrade-01.txt
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks in Advance.
> >
> > Dan