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OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK PORT PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING FLEXIBLE SWITCH CRITERIA

  • US 20130114953A1
  • Filed: 11/07/2011
  • Published: 05/09/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An Optical Transport Network (OTN) port protection method, comprising:

  • provisioning a working port and a protection port between two OTN network elements, the working port and the protection port providing linear OTN protection therebetween;

    selecting a switch criteria based on received data between the working port and the protection port; and

    automatically setting up a switch mode for the two OTN network elements based on the selected switch criteria.

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