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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2012
Verizon New York Inc., New York, NY (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Christopher J. Monclova, Bellerose, NY (US);
Michael J. Baroz, Staten Island, NY (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Verizon New York Inc., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The instant application describes a method and an apparatus for restoring T1 service in the event of a copper cable failure. The apparatus includes an interface configured to receive a T1 signal from a first customer device experiencing the copper cable failure; a converter configured to receive the T1 signal from the interface and place the T1 signal inside an IP packet routable over a wide area network; and a router configured to receive the IP packet from converter and send the IP packet over the wide area network to a central hub for conversion back into the T1 signal and delivery to a second customer device. The method requires equipment on one side of the T1 (e.g., at the location of the failure), and does not need knowledge of the customer's network addressing scheme. Solution is completely layer 2 and needs no input from the customer to re-establish service.