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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2016
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Jie Hu, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Marc Holness, Ottawa, CA;
Asheesh Jadav, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Somen Bhattacharya, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A packet network linear protection method, a network, and a node in a dual or multi-home configuration include designating each of a plurality of home nodes in the dual or multi-home configuration as a working home or a protect home; designating each link between each of the plurality of home nodes and an end node in the dual or multi-home configuration as active or standby; operating a protection switch state machine based on an associated linear protection protocol at each of the plurality of home nodes and the end node; communicating protection messages to each of the plurality of home nodes from the end node; and communicating protection states in an associated protection switch state machine by each of the plurality of home nodes to other home nodes and to the end node.