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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2004
Hamid Mehrvar, Wrentham, CA;
Kim Roberts, Nepean, CA;
Paul Warren, Nepean, CA;
Nortel Networks Limited, , CA;
Abstract
Accelerated protection switching in a multi-platform network switch may be achieved by allocating connectivity slots from the port cards to the switch cards for all states of a connection through the switch and forming maps of the allocations for use by the port cards and switch cards. By allocating connectivity slots to all states of the connection, the connection will not be blocked in connection with a state change. By storing the slot allocation in maps a connection state change may be implemented by the switch by causing traffic on the connection to be transported using the allocated slots. Various protection modes can use the same connectivity slots with collision avoidance via prepared maps Thus, having predefined paths via allocated slots provisioned through the network element enables the network element to switch very quickly from working to protection to comply with applicable standards and minimize disruption of network traffic.