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                | 1 - Ring Announcement Phase                   |                             | 2 - Mastership Phase (Stage 1?)               |
                | For each Node:                                |                             | For each Node:                                |
         T0     | - Non Promiscuos Mode                         |         T1 Expires          | - Start/Restart T2                            |
--------------->|    Ring Node TLV Advertisements (and Flags)   |---------------------------->| - Check if Master                             | 
                | - Promiscous Mode                             |                             | - If so, advertises itself as Master (M bit=1)|<------|
                |    Hear Rings and advertise them              |                             |                                               |       |
                | - Starts T1                                   |                             |                                               |----|  |
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                                                                                                                                       T2 Expires  |  |  More than One Master 
                                                                                                                                                   |  |  (i.e. More than One Ring 
                                                                                                                                                   |  |  Nodes advertising M bit = 1)
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                | TBD – According to Draf Document item 4.5     |                             | 2 - Mastership Phase (Stage 2?)               |<---|  |
                |                                               |                             | For each Node:                                |       |
                |                                               |                             | - Examines (again?) all Ring Node TLV         |-------|
                |                                               |                             | for the ring                                  | 
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           |--->|                                               |                             |                                               |----|  
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           |  Master Change or Broken Ring                                                                                        Only One Master  |
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           |----| 4 – Converged State Phase                     |     Once All Nodes          | 3 – Ring Identification Phase                 |<---|
                |                                               |  in Specific Ring Completed | For each Node starting with Master:           |
                |                                               |   the Process (CW and AC)   | - Advertises Ring Link TLV                    |
                |                                               |<----------------------------|                                               | 
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                           Changes Local to Point of Failure (e.g. Ring Link Addition)                        Once Ring Neighbor Node Advertised Ring Link TLV -
                                     with NO Master Change nor Broken Ring                      Repeat until All Nodes in Specific Ring Complete the Process (CW and AC)