Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Extended Shortest Path First Computation For Anycast Prefix Segments' Filed by Ciena Corporation

MUMBAI, India, March 15 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311060988 A) filed by Ciena Corporation, Hanover, U.S.A., on Sept. 11, 2023, for 'extended shortest path first computation for anycast prefix segments.'

Inventor(s) include Bhupendra Yadav; Prabhu Vaithilingam; Vikram Singh Sisodiya; and Alwyn Joy George.

The application for the patent was published on March 14, under issue no. 11/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Systems and methods for an extended shortest path first computation for anycast prefix segments using a preferred metric-type include receiving (81) an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) update with anycast group information therein; creating or...