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Transmission apparatus and network protection method

US8712235B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 13, 2012
Grant dateApr 29, 2014
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L69/40
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmission apparatus includes a processor configured to recognize a number of working failures and a number of protection failures on a network for transmission of wavelength-multiplexed signal light, the number of working failures being the number of failures in signal light in wavelengths at a working entity and the number of protection failures being the number of failures in signal light in wavelengths at a protection entity, configured to perform path switching for each group of signal light in wavelengths that are different from each other and configured to select, when multiple failures occur, restoration processing, on a basis of the number of working failures and the number of protection failures.

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