Patent ID: 8964525
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for improving network connection, comprising: receiving a first fault notification formatted in a first protocol indicating a network fault from a service subscriber to an optical port of a multiservice router (“MSR”) over a first circuit, wherein the first circuit is a link transmitting the first fault notification; translating the first fault notification to a second fault notification formatted in the second protocol; shutting down at least a portion of the first circuit for suspending traffic flow in response to the first fault notification; and sending the second fault notification from an Ethernet port of the MSR to an edge router via a second circuit indicating the network fault, wherein receiving the first fault notification formatted in the first protocol from the service subscriber to the optical port of MSR includes obtaining a link down message formatted in point-to-point protocol (“PPP”) from a subscriber to a synchronous optical networking (“SONET”) interface of the MSR via a PPP circuit.