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> I found this sentence to be quite instructive. > > \begin{quote} > In connection with link failures, we note that one could > pre-compute a good weight setting for each possible link > failure and have them ready for loading when needed. > \end{quote} > > That has some interesting operational issues, one would think, especially > in large networks that are dense partial meshes, with associated link > failure scenarios. Indeed. Especially considering the potential introduction of transient fowarding loops when attempting to utilize pre-computed backup "links" in a vanilla DA-based packet-switched network. -danny
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