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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William C Leung, Plano, TX (US);
Weilin Wang, Plano, TX (US);
Roque M Ip, Plano, TX (US);
Joyce A Bradley, Rowlett, TX (US);
Syed Ayaz Ahmed, Plano, TX (US);
He Huang, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Corporation, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370217 ; 714 13 ;
Abstract
A method of accomplishing switchover from an inservice local to a remote NP (Network Processor) is described. The remote NP is periodically updated with configuration data obtained from the inservice local NP. Switchover from the local inservice NP to the remote NP is initiated. Communications between the remote NP and a plurality of NEs (Network Elements) is established nonsynchronously. The local NP is notified that the remote NP is established as an inservice NP.