Patent ID: 11895020
Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 2:
3. The cell site of claim 1, further comprising:
an optical switch, wherein the second physical link comprises optical links between the first DU server and the optical switch and between the optical switch and the L2 switch;
wherein a third DU server of the plurality of DU servers is connected by a third physical link to the second DU server and is connected by a fourth physical link to the L2 switch,
wherein the fourth physical link comprises optical links between the third DU server and the optical switch and between the optical switch and the L2 switch, and
wherein, in response to a failover event, the optical switch switches from the second physical link to the fourth physical link to cause the third DU server to operate as an active DU server for the cell site and the first DU server to operate as a standby DU server for the cell site.