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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2007
William Mcconnochie, Nepean, CA;
Andrew Dolganow, Kanata, CA;
William McConnochie, Nepean, CA;
Andrew Dolganow, Kanata, CA;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A mechanism and method for efficient endpoint discriminator allocation for APS protected MLPPP bundles on distributed routing systems, including one or more of the following: specifying working and protection MLPPP bundles; retrieving an endpoint discriminator for the working bundle and updating an endpoint discriminator of the protection bundle based on same; specifying MLPPP operating parameters for the bundles; associating the bundles with an APS circuit; adding links and corresponding discriminators in an LCP between a near end bundle and a far end bundle; bringing up an MLPPP session; and adding links between bundles upon an APS switchover.