Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for Loop Detection And Prevention In Multi-Protocol Routing Environment

MUMBAI, India, Aug. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541008244 A) filed by Ciena Corporation on January 31, 2025, for Loop Detection And Prevention In Multi-Protocol Routing Environment.

Inventors include Ghulam Mustafa; and Gagan Garg.

The application for the patent was published on August 07, 2026, under issue no. 32/2026.

Abstract: A method, implemented at a provider edge (PE) router, for detecting and preventing routing loops in a network with a multi-protocol routing environment, includes steps of defining (81) a unique loop detection route that is either unused as a route in the network (10) or has a prefix that is non-overlapping with any other route in a network (10); redistributing (82) a ...