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AssigneeCoriant Operations, Inc.
InventorsBradley R. Kangas, Anoop J. Mathew, Jai Harpalani, James N. Turner, Mark A. Richmond, Kenneth S. Mizialko
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Embodiments including methods, systems, and apparatuses for distributing, processing, and reacting to path information distributed via a service-agnostic packet fabric for the purpose of enabling path selection are disclosed. By configuring two ingress line cards to send path quality words to each other via the switch fabric, compare the path quality words, and determine whether to transmit traffic to an egress line card via the switch fabric based on the comparison of the path quality words, the embodiments enable a central switch fabric to be unaware of the paths that it carries, and enable both ingress and egress bandwidth of the switch fabric to be sized according to the facilities for which it is terminating. The switch fabric does not need to support working and protection paths simultaneously in some embodiments, allowing it to be scaled appropriately to termination facilities.
An apparatus for switching traffic, the apparatus comprising:
A system for switching traffic, the system comprising:
A network element for switching traffic, the network element comprising:
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