Systems and methods for automated maintenance end point creation
US11483195B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 20, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2011/0079
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods of automatically creating and operating a Maintenance End Point (MEP) include, at a slave/reactive network device, receiving an Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) Protocol Data Unit (PDU) with a destination Media Access Control (MAC) address equal to an interface address of the slave/reactive network device; automatically creating the MEP based on the received OAM PDU and attributes contained in a header of the OAM PDU, wherein the MEP is with a master/active network device; and operating an OAM session with the master/active network device including exchanging Continuity Check Messages (CCMs) with an interval learned from received CCMs from the master/active network device. The systems and methods can further include automatically deleting the MEP responsive to failing to receive any OAM PDUs from the master/active network device during the operating for a predetermined time.
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