Facilitating Protection Of A Maintenance Entity Group
AssigneeFujitsu Network Communications, Inc.
InventorDonald C. O'Connor
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, maintenance points of a maintenance entity group are identified. The maintenance points comprise end points and intermediate points. A secure connectivity association set is established for the maintenance points. The following is performed for each frame of a number of frames: determining security data of the secure connectivity association set; placing the security data into a frame; and communicating the frame to a maintenance point. The maintenance point is configured to determine whether a frame is acceptable from the security data of the frame.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- identifying a plurality of maintenance points of a maintenance entity group, the plurality of maintenance points comprising a plurality of end points and one or more intermediate points;
- establishing a secure connectivity association set for the plurality of maintenance points of the maintenance entity group;
- and
- performing the following for each frame of a plurality of frames:
- determining security data of the secure connectivity association set, the security data facilitating determination of whether the each frame is acceptable;
- placing the security data into the each frame;
- and
- communicating the frame to a maintenance point, the maintenance point configured to determine whether the each frame is acceptable from the security data.
One or more computer-readable tangible media encoding software configured to, when executed:
- identify a plurality of maintenance points of a maintenance entity group, the plurality of maintenance points comprising a plurality of end points and one or more intermediate points;
- establish a secure connectivity association set for the plurality of maintenance points of the maintenance entity group;
- and
- perform the following for each frame of a plurality of frames:
- determine security data of the secure connectivity association set, the security data facilitating determination of whether the each frame is acceptable;
- place the security data into the each frame;
- and
- communicate the frame to a maintenance point, the maintenance point configured to determine whether the each frame is acceptable from the security data.
A system comprising:
- means for identifying a plurality of maintenance points of a maintenance entity group, the plurality of maintenance points comprising a plurality of end points and one or more intermediate points;
- means for establishing a secure connectivity association set for the plurality of maintenance points of the maintenance entity group;
- and
- means for performing the following for each frame of a plurality of frames:
- determining security data of the secure connectivity association set, the security data facilitating determination of whether the each frame is acceptable;
- placing the security data into the each frame;
- and
- communicating the frame to a maintenance point, the maintenance point configured to determine whether the each frame is acceptable from the security data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.