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Method and system for providing a protection path for connection-oriented signals in a telecommunications network

  • US 6,775,229 B1
  • Filed: 06/06/2000
  • Issued: 08/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for providing a protection path for connection-oriented signals in a telecommunications network comprising a plurality of nodes, the system comprising:

  • a source node operable to transmit traffic;

    a destination node operable to receive traffic from the source node; and

    a penultimate node operable to receive traffic from the source node, to transmit traffic directly to the destination node, to designate one of the nodes as a reflector and to generate a first segment of a protection path from the penultimate node through the reflector to the destination node.

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