Patent ID: 8392755
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating protection switching to enhance performance of a network system, comprising: identifying a failure predicted one of a plurality of protected system elements, wherein identifying the failure predicted one of said protected system elements includes assessing performance of said protected system elements based at least partially on an element demerit point level of each one of said protected system elements and at least partially on a protection switching priority for at least a portion of said protected system elements; determining that a protection switching priority among a collection of failure predicted system elements applies to the failure predicted one of said protected system elements; downloading service information of the failure predicted one of said protected system elements to a protection system element after the determining that the protection switching priority applies to the failure predicted one of said protected system elements; and implementing a protection switching operation for switching designated information from the failure predicted one of said protected system elements to the protection system element.