Mechanism for efficient endpoint discriminator allocation for APS protected MLPPP bundles on distributed routing systems
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsWilliam McConnochie, Andrew Dolganow
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Abstract
A mechanism and method for efficient endpoint discriminator allocation for APS protected MLPPP bundles on distributed routing systems, including one or more of the following: specifying working and protection MLPPP bundles; retrieving an endpoint discriminator for the working bundle and updating an endpoint discriminator of the protection bundle based on same; specifying MLPPP operating parameters for the bundles; associating the bundles with an APS circuit; adding links and corresponding discriminators in an LCP between a near end bundle and a far end bundle; bringing up an MLPPP session; and adding links between bundles upon an APS switchover.
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A method for efficient endpoint discriminator allocation for Automatic Protection Switching (APS) protected Multi Link Point-to-Point Protocol (MLPPP) bundles on distributed routing systems, comprising:
- specifying a working MLPPP bundle;
- specifying a protection MLPPP bundle;
- retrieving an endpoint discriminator for the working MLPPP bundle;
- updating an endpoint discriminator of the protection MLPPP bundle based on the retrieved endpoint discriminator for the working MLPPP bundle, wherein the endpoint discriminator is unique and pre-allocated for the working MLPPP bundle and the protection MLPPP bundle;
- specifying MLPPP operating parameters for the working MLPPP bundle and the protection MLPPP bundle;
- associating one or more bundles with an APS circuit;
- adding one or more links between a near end bundle and a far end bundle;
- providing one or more discriminators in a Link Control Protocol (LCP) for the one or more links added between the near end bundle and the far end bundle;
- bringing up an MLPPP session;
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- adding one or more additional links between the near end bundle and the far end bundle upon an APS switchover.
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