US 2012/0060055 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESPONDING TO FAILURE OF A HARDWARE LOCUS AT A COMMUNICATION INSTALLATION

Abstract

A method for responding to a failure of hardware locus of at a communication installation having a plurality of control apparatuses for controlling a plurality of processes distributed among a plurality of hardware loci, the hardware loci including at least one spare hardware locus, includes the steps of: (a) Shifting control of a failed process from an initial control apparatus to an alternate control apparatus located at an alternate hardware locus than the failed hardware locus. The failed process is a respective process controlled by the initial control apparatus located at the failed hardware locus. (b) Relocating the respective control apparatuses located at the failed hardware locus to a spare hardware locus. (c) Shifting control of the failed process from the alternate control apparatus to the initial control apparatus relocated at the spare hardware locus.

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Dependent claims

A hardware arrangement for running a plurality of processes, the hardware arrangement comprising:

a plurality of primary processors, each primary processor being operable to run a respective one of the plurality of processes and being located at a respective hardware location;
and
a plurality of secondary processors, each secondary processor being associated with at least one primary processor of the plurality of primary processors and being operable to run at least the respective one of the plurality of processes which the at least one associated primary processor is operable to run should the at least one associated primary processor fail, each secondary processor being located at the respective hardware location such that no primary processor is located at a same hardware location as its associated secondary processor.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for responding to failure of a hardware locus at a communication installation

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System and method for responding to failure of a hardware locus at a communication installation

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Abstract

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