Methods and systems for automatically rerouting logical circuit data in a data network

A system comprising:

• means for identifying a logical failover circuit, the logical failover circuit comprising an alternate communication path in a failover network that is separate from a logical circuit identified by a logical circuit identifier, the logical circuit comprising (1) variable communication paths in at least one of a first logical telecommunications network and a second logical telecommunications network, and (2) a fixed communication path between the first and second logical telecommunications networks, the failover network being reserved to provide failover circuits to communicate data rerouted from failed logical circuits, and the logical failover circuit identified by a second logical circuit identifier;
• means for renaming the logical circuit identifier of the logical circuit to the second logical circuit identifier of the logical failover circuit when a logical connection in the logical circuit has failed, the failed logical connection being between the first and second logical telecommunications networks;
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• means for rerouting data from the logical circuit to the logical failover circuit without manual intervention.

A machine readable storage device comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

• identifying a logical failover circuit comprising an alternate communication path in a failover network that is separate from a logical circuit identified by a logical circuit identifier, the logical circuit comprising (1) variable communication paths in at least one of a first logical telecommunications network and a second logical telecommunications network, and (2) a fixed communication path between the first and second logical telecommunications networks, the failover network being reserved to provide failover circuits to communicate data rerouted from failed logical circuits, and the logical failover circuit identified by a second logical circuit identifier;
• renaming the logical circuit identifier of the logical circuit to the second logical circuit identifier of the logical failover circuit when a logical connection in the logical circuit has failed, the failed logical connection being between the first and second logical telecommunications networks;
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• rerouting data from the logical circuit to the logical failover circuit without manual intervention.