Patent ID: 9350628
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: transmitting during a joining phase, by a particular maintenance end-point (MEP) in a network, one or more join announcement messages (JAMs) to other MEPs in the network, the one or more JAMs comprising a specific maintenance association (MA) discovery field and requesting addition of the particular MEP without generation of a first alarm; joining the network that comprises the other MEPS; transmitting, during an operational phase, continuity check messages (CCMs) from the particular MEP to the other MEPs in the network, wherein alarm generation is active during the operational phase; and transmitting, during a leaving phase, one or more leave announcement messages (LAMs) from the particular MEP to the other MEPs in the network, the one or more LAMs comprising the specific maintenance association (MA) discovery field and requesting removal of the particular MEP without generation of a second alarm.