Patent · US Active

Method for implementing permanent ring network protection in an MESH network

US8593941B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by
0References
5Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 27, 2009
Grant dateNov 26, 2013
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 27, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/437
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for implementing permanent ring network protection in an MESH network, the method includes the following steps: a node in a ring network protection group informing, when detecting a certain span fails, other nodes in the ring network protection group of the failure information (11); each node in the ring network protection group switching a service that is affected by the failure to a protection path thereof for transmission (12); searching for a substitute path for the failed span in idle resources of the MESH network (13); establishing a new ring network protection group by using the substitute path and sections that are not affected by the failure in the ring network protection group (14); and switching the service that is affected by the failure from being transmitted via the protection path to being transmitted via the substitute path (15). The present invention is capable of providing the permanent ring network protection function for all the services on the ring network.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.