Patent ID: 9225594
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: detecting a trigger condition associated with a User-to-Network Interface (UNI) of a Metro Ethernet Network (MEN); and sending a message to a customer edge device via the UNI in response to the detecting, wherein the message comprises configuration information, for storage in a configuration information store at the customer edge device, that describes which of a plurality of Ethernet Virtual Connections (EVCs) are currently active EVCs at the UNI, the configuration information store is used to control operations of the customer edge device to only send traffic on the MEN through the currently active EVCs identified by the configuration information, the message is encapsulated in an Ethernet frame, the Ethernet frame comprises a source address and a type field, wherein a value of the type field identifies the Ethernet frame as an Ethernet Local Management Interface (E-LMI) frame, and the detecting and the sending are performed by a provider edge device within the MEN.