Method and system for automatically rerouting logical circuit data in a data network
First Claim
1. A method of automatically rerouting logical circuit data in a data network, the method comprising:
- determining, via a network management system, a failure of a logical connection in a logical circuit in the data network, the logical circuit identified by a logical circuit identifier in the data network, the logical circuit comprising variable communication paths in at least one of a local access and transport area or an inter-exchange carrier and a fixed communication path between the local access and transport area and the inter-exchange carrier, and the failed logical connection being between the local access and transport area and the inter-exchange carrier;
identifying, via the network management system, a logical failover circuit comprising an alternate communication path to communicate the data, the logical failover circuit located in a failover network that is separate from the logical circuit, the failover network being reserved to provide failover circuits to communicate data rerouted from failed logical circuits, and the logical failover circuit identified by a second logical circuit identifier in the data network;
renaming the logical circuit identifier of the logical circuit to the second logical circuit identifier of the logical failover circuit; and
rerouting the data to the logical failover circuit without manual intervention.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for automatically rerouting logical circuit data in a data network. A failure is identified in a logical circuit in a data network. The logical circuit may include a communication path for communicating data. Once the failure in the logical circuit is determined, a logical failover circuit is then identified. The logical failover circuit includes an alternate communication path for communicating the data for the failed logical circuit. After the logical failover circuit has been identified, the data from the failed logical circuit is rerouted to the logical failover circuit without manual intervention. After the data has been rerouted the logical failover circuit, a determination is made as to whether the failure in the logical circuit has been corrected. If it is determined that the failure in the logical circuit has been corrected, then the data from the logical failover circuit is rerouted back to the logical circuit in the data network without manual intervention.
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25 Claims
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1. A method of automatically rerouting logical circuit data in a data network, the method comprising:
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determining, via a network management system, a failure of a logical connection in a logical circuit in the data network, the logical circuit identified by a logical circuit identifier in the data network, the logical circuit comprising variable communication paths in at least one of a local access and transport area or an inter-exchange carrier and a fixed communication path between the local access and transport area and the inter-exchange carrier, and the failed logical connection being between the local access and transport area and the inter-exchange carrier; identifying, via the network management system, a logical failover circuit comprising an alternate communication path to communicate the data, the logical failover circuit located in a failover network that is separate from the logical circuit, the failover network being reserved to provide failover circuits to communicate data rerouted from failed logical circuits, and the logical failover circuit identified by a second logical circuit identifier in the data network; renaming the logical circuit identifier of the logical circuit to the second logical circuit identifier of the logical failover circuit; and rerouting the data to the logical failover circuit without manual intervention. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system to automatically reroute logical circuit data in a data network, the system comprising:
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a network device to communicate status information for a logical circuit, the logical circuit identified by a first logical circuit identifier in the data network, and the logical circuit comprising variable communication paths in at least one of a local access and transport area or an inter-exchange carrier and a fixed communication path between the local access and transport area and the inter-exchange carrier; a logical element module, in communication with the network device, to receive the status information for the logical circuit in the data network; and a network management module, in communication with the logical element module, to; determine a failure of a logical connection in the logical circuit based on the status information, the failed logical connection being between the local access and transport area and the inter-exchange carrier; identify a logical failover circuit comprising an alternate communication path to communicate the data, the logical failover circuit located in a failover network that is separate from the logical circuit, the failover network being reserved to provide failover circuits to communicate data rerouted from failed logical circuits, and the logical failover circuit identified by a second logical circuit identifier in the data network; rename the first logical circuit identifier identifying the logical circuit to the second logical circuit identifier identifying the logical failover circuit prior to rerouting the data from the logical circuit to the logical failover circuit; and reroute the data from the logical circuit to the logical failover circuit without manual intervention. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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