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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/703 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 41/0659 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for L2 Ethernet resilient hand-off include an access network configured between a first end point and a second end point, a first communication path and a second communication path for data flow between the first end point and the second end point, wherein the first communication path is active and the second communication path is inactive, and if a fault is detected in the first communication path, logic configured to activate the second communication path and perform a resilient hand-off of the data flow from the first communication path to the second communication path.