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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Jessy Victor Rouyer, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/0672 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for facilitating protection in a communication network or portion thereof. In a network such as an Ethernet SNC, an intermediate node is provided for connecting the East and West node to form a Working transport entity. The East and West node are also connected at different ports to each other to form a Protection transport entity. The intermediate node and the East node are configured to monitor and adapt to network conditions, effectively determining whether traffic between the West node and the East node uses the Working transport entity or the Protection transport entity.