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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2005
Hyun Su Lim, Yuseong-gu, KR;
IN Yong Hwang, Dangjin-gun, KR;
Hong Shik Park, Yuseong-gu, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Information and Communications University Research and Industrial Cooperation Group, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for protecting and restoring a link in an OBS network. The method includes a step of transmitting/receiving a liveness-confirming message for confirming liveness of the link between an up-node and a down-node respectively connected to both ends of the link at a predetermined message transmission period, to judge whether a fault is generated on the link, a step in which the up-node and down-node respectively update link information when it is judged that the link fault is not generated, and a step of restoring the link having the fault using predetermined restoration channel information based on an offered load measured when the link is in a normal state when it is judged that the link fault is generated. Accordingly, a link having a problem can be effectively protected and restored in the OBS network.