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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2002
Linda Cline, Forest Grove, OR (US);
Christian Maciocco, Tigard, OR (US);
Srihari Makineni, Portland, OR (US);
Manav Mishra, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Linda Cline, Forest Grove, OR (US);
Christian Maciocco, Tigard, OR (US);
Srihari Makineni, Portland, OR (US);
Manav Mishra, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Described are a system and method of transmitting a time slot status message between nodes in a SONET network. One or more time slots in a SONET link may be allocated to provision a SONET circuit. Upon provisioning or de-provisioning the SONET circuit, a time slot status message may be transmitted to one or more non-participating nodes in the SONET network to indicate a change in status of one or more time slots of the SONET link.