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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2009
Peter Schneider, Holzkirchen, DE;
Guenther Horn, München, DE;
Peter Schneider, Holzkirchen, DE;
Guenther Horn, München, DE;
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
It is disclosed a method (and related apparatus) including selecting, at a first endpoint entity, at least one range of protection to be granted, the range of protection relating to one of a plurality of network elements in at least one access network and at least one core network and to a second endpoint entity, and transmitting, to a network element entity, a signaling message including first establishment information indicating the at least one range of protection to be granted; and a method (and related apparatus) including receiving, at the network element entity, the signaling message from the first endpoint entity, obtaining, from a second endpoint entity and based on the first establishment information, second establishment information indicating protection granted by the second endpoint entity, and signaling, from the network element entity to the first endpoint entity, third establishment information indicating the protection granted to the first endpoint entity.