Multiplex communications – Fault recovery – Bypass an inoperative channel
Patent
1995-06-07
1999-01-19
Ton, Dang
Multiplex communications
Fault recovery
Bypass an inoperative channel
340827, H04J 116
Patent
active
058621253
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for restoration of unrestored links and nodal failures utilizes a combination of link and path restoration schemes and most existing message types. This invention begins by using a link restoration scheme, when a fault is detected, to designate a pair of custodial sender and chooser. The conventional link restoration scheme then seeks to find an alternate route to reroute the disrupted traffic. When no alternate route is found after a given time period, a special signal is sent out to notify the network that a path restoration is to take place. The communications path on which the failure occurred is identified. Thereafter, data that was stored in the nodes is retrieved to identify the two ends nodes of the communications path. A restoration process then takes place to find alternate paths to replace the failed communications path. Upon termination of the path restoration scheme after a predetermined time period, the most efficient alternate path is selected to restore the traffic by bypassing the location on the communications path where the failure occurred. Since fault isolation is not required, the present invention can be used to restore traffic due to a nodal failure.
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MCI Communication Corporation
Ton Dang
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