Proactive protection mechanism based on advanced failure warning
US7724676B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 21, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 25, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2011/0081
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus can include: (i) logic configured to detect an advanced warning indication, such as for a degraded signal condition, on a first link between first and second network devices, where the detection can utilize a number of corrected bits and forward error correction (FEC), for example; and (ii) logic configured to reroute packet traffic from the first link to a second link when the degraded signal condition is detected.
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