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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
May. 30, 2007
Gatot Susilo, Kanata, CA;
Gatot Susilo, Kanata, CA;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Apparatus and methods of determining configurations for handling communication path management traffic are disclosed. Respective communication path management traffic handling configurations of communication system elements that terminate a communication link, which is a portion of a communication path, are determined. If the respective communication path management traffic handling configurations indicate that the communication system elements have been configured to pass communication path management traffic associated with the communication path toward endpoints of the communication path, then communication path management traffic for managing the communication path is exchanged through the communication link. Indications of a communication path management traffic handling configuration may be exchanged between the communication system elements during establishment of the communication link.