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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2001
Claudio DE Girolamo, Corsico, IT;
Mariangela Conti, Villa Raverio, IT;
Sergio Belotti, Vimercate, IT;
Claudio De Girolamo, Corsico, IT;
Mariangela Conti, Villa Raverio, IT;
Sergio Belotti, Vimercate, IT;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method for the protection of fiber optic ring-shaped transport networks, the networks including network elements connected by spans, optical paths being installed between the network elements, the method including the steps of providing each network element with information concerning the network architecture; providing each network element with information concerning configuration data of the network elements; providing each network element with information concerning criteria for triggering the mechanism; establishing an information exchange protocol comprising a set of messages and of rules; establishing a traffic rerouting method, wherein the configuration data include the ring map, the traffic map, the wavelength and the bit rate concerning every path.