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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2012
Applicants:

Sergio Lanzone, Genoa, IT;

Diego Sobrero, Genoa, IT;

Orazio Toscano, Genova, IT;

Inventors:

Sergio Lanzone, Genoa, IT;

Diego Sobrero, Genoa, IT;

Orazio Toscano, Genova, IT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/939 (2013.01); H04J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04J 3/14 (2013.01); H04J 3/1652 (2013.01); H04L 49/55 (2013.01);
Abstract

A boundary node for interworking between a first network and a second network comprises first equipment for interfacing with the first network and second equipment for interfacing with the second network. The first equipment comprises a switch fabric. A first interworking interface and a second interworking interface are provided for carrying traffic between the second equipment and the first equipment. Each of the interworking interfaces is for interfacing with a respective traffic-carrying path of the second network. For traffic flow in a direction from the second network to the first network, a method comprises determining that recovery switching is required for traffic on one of the traffic-carrying paths of the second network and performs a recovery switch, using the switch fabric in the first equipment, to switch between the interworking interfaces to achieve a recovery switch between the traffic-carrying paths of the second network.


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