Patent ID: 9749249
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04J,H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: detecting, by a source node device comprising a processor, acknowledgement data indicating that configuration data sent to a destination node device by the source node device has been accepted by the destination node device, wherein the configuration data specifies a priority, a domain type and a standby mode for a standby pseudowire, wherein the domain type indicates whether a plurality of node devices comprising the standby pseudowire are coupled to a single carrier network or multiple carrier networks; in response to the detecting, establishing the standby pseudowire between the source node device and the destination node device in accordance with the standby mode and domain type specified by the pseudowire configuration data; and determining whether to initiate a preemption of data traffic on the standby pseudowire based at least in part on the priority.