Patent ID: 8018842
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A counter multi-failure system of dealing with multiple link failures occurring in a communication network including a first ring and a second ring connected to the first ring by sharing part of a link in the first ring as a common link, the counter multi-failure system comprising: a common link terminal device located at a terminal end of the common link and configured to send an auxiliary monitor frame to the second ring; and a monitor device located on the second ring and configured to receive a monitor frame sent by the monitor device and circled through the second ring, as well as the auxiliary monitor frame, and block at least one specific port among ports connecting with the second ring, the common link terminal device having: a communication unit configured to send the auxiliary monitor frame, and to receive a failure detection frame sent from a device located on a ring responsive to occurrence of a link failure in the ring; a storage unit configured to store link failure information included in the failure detection frame, where the link failure information includes: an address allocated to the device sending the failure detection frame; a monitoring ring identification (ID) allocated to the failure ring connecting with the port detecting the occurrence of the link failure; and common ring IDs allocated to rings sharing the common link of the failure ring; and a controller configured to control the communication unit to stop transmission of at least one auxiliary monitor frame in the event of multiple failures including a failure on the common link, and to identify occurrence of the multiple failures based on the stored link failure information when an identical monitoring ring ID is detected in each of devices with different addresses, and any of the monitoring ring IDs is identical with the ID represented by the ID information included in the auxiliary monitor frame sent by the common link terminal device, and when any of the common ring IDs has a greater number than the ID represented by the ID information included in the auxiliary monitor frame sent by the common link terminal device or when it is determined that a failure occurs on a link other than the common link with regard to the identical monitoring ring ID; wherein the monitor device maintains the blocking of the specific port in the case of reception of one of the monitor frame and auxiliary monitor frame, and non-reception of the other, and cancels the blocking of the specific port in the case of non-reception of the monitor frame for a preset time period and non-reception of the auxiliary monitor frame.