Patent ID: 9264328
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A dynamic Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) method, comprising: a first Maintenance End Point (MEP) transmitting an Ethernet notification to at least one remote MEP; the at least one remote MEP receiving the Ethernet notification; the at least one remote MEP performing an action to dynamically modify at least one CFM attribute while in service without requiring static reconfiguration based on the Ethernet notification, wherein the at least one dynamically modified CFM attribute includes any of transmission interval of Continuity Check Messages, threshold count associated with Continuity Check Messages for defect conditions, and one of suspension and resumption of transmission of Continuity Check Messages; and wherein said transmitting the Ethernet notification is done through one of a synchronous manner and an uncontrolled manner, the synchronous manner comprising a handshake between the first MEP and the at least one remote MEP and the uncontrolled manner comprising transmission of N consecutive Ethernet notifications to the at least one remote MEP, and the dynamically modifying at least one CFM attribute comprises any one of dynamically reconfiguring attributes associated with Continuity Check Messages exchanged between the first MEP and the at least one remote MEP, one of suspending and resuming Continuity Check Messages exchanged between the first MEP and the at least one remote MEP, and notifying of the first MEP leaving a Maintenance Entity Group comprising the first MEP and the at least one remote MEP.