Method for identifying the current route of paths in telecommunications MS-SPRINGS
AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsClaudio De Girolamo, Andrea Mazzini
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Abstract
A method of identifying the current route of paths on communications MS-SPRINGs is described. The method comprises the steps of providing the network manager with information relating to the Nominal Route of the at least one path; and providing the management system with information of current status of the at least one network element, and being characterized by comprising the steps of processing the information provided through steps a) and b) so as to calculate the current route of the at least one path. The invention further concerns a network manager able to carry out the various steps of the method.
Claims10
A method for identifying the current route of paths in a telecommunications MS-SPRINGS network, the MS-SPRING network comprising:
- network elements or nodes, each node comprising a controller, the controller comprising controller status;
- fiber optic spans interposed between the network elements to form a ring, each network element being connected to adjacent network elements through said fiber optic spans allowing a bidirectional communication therebetween;
- at least one path connecting two or more network elements of the ring, the at least one path, in a network free-of-failure condition, following a corresponding at least one Path Nominal Route;
- a network manager;
- and
- a mechanism for protecting traffic travelling in the network, said protection mechanism being shared in the network and being operated by the network manager,
- the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing the network manager with information relating to the Nominal Route of the at least one path;
- and
- b) providing the network manager with information of current status of the at least one network element, wherein it comprises the step of:
- c) processing the information provided through steps a) and b) so as to calculate the current route of the at least one path.
A network manager able to identify the current route of paths in a telecommunications MS-SPRINGS network, the MS-SPRING network comprising:
- network elements or nodes, each node comprising a controller, the controller comprising controller status;
- fiber optic spans interposed between the network elements to form a ring, each network element being connected to adjacent network elements through said fiber optic spans allowing a bidirectional communication therebetween;
- at least one path connecting two or more network elements of the ring, the at least one path, in a network free-of-failure condition, following a corresponding at least one Path Nominal Route;
- and
- a mechanism for protecting traffic travelling in the network, said protection mechanism being shared in the network and being operated by the network manager,
- the manager comprising:
- a) a memory for storing information relating to the Nominal Route of the at least one path;
- and
- b) a memory for storing information of current status of the at least one network element, wherein it further comprises:
- c) a processor for processing the information stored at a) and b) so as to calculate the current route of the at least one path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.