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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2001
Ronald Arthur Frank, Calgary, CA;
Stephen Kieran Anthony Adolph, Ottawa, CA;
Ronald Arthur Frank, Calgary, CA;
Stephen Kieran Anthony Adolph, Ottawa, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for detecting and suppressing corrupted data frames transported from a SONET network to a receiver utilizing the SOF frame indicator to manage the buffer-to-buffer credit count. By verifying the integrity of the SOF frame indicator prior to forwarding it to the client receiver the apparatus and method ensure that the buffer-to-buffer credit count integrity is maintained while avoiding the introduction of latency.
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