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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Ping Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajan Rao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Biao LU, Saratoga, CA (US);
Sri Mohana Satya Srinivas Singamsetty, Bangalore, IN;
Ann Q. Gui, Cupertino, CA (US);
Maneesh Jain, Uttaranchal, IN;
Anthony W. Jorgenson, Fremont, CA (US);
Jan Bialkowski, San Jose, CA (US);
Khuzema Pithewan, Bangalore, IN;
Ping Pan, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajan Rao, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Biao Lu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Sri Mohana Satya Srinivas Singamsetty, Bangalore, IN;
Ann Q. Gui, Cupertino, CA (US);
Maneesh Jain, Uttaranchal, IN;
Anthony W. Jorgenson, Fremont, CA (US);
Jan Bialkowski, San Jose, CA (US);
Khuzema Pithewan, Bangalore, IN;
Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method comprising the steps of receiving a signal indicative of a failure of a working connection in a mesh network having a headend node, a tailend node and an intermediate node, and having a protecting connection, and transmitting an activation message via the protecting connection from at least one of the headend node and the tailend node to the intermediate node for activating the protecting connection.