Patent ID: 8886040
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: H04B,H04J

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling dynamic hitless resizing of a network connection in a data transport network, wherein a path of the network connection extends between two connection end nodes and optionally over one or more intermediate nodes of the data transport network; wherein the network connection transports data of client services in transport frames from an ingress end node to an egress end node; and wherein the network connection comprises a set of M tributary slots defined in a payload area of a higher order transport scheme of the data transport network; the method comprising the following steps, in case the network connection is to be incremented: in case the the path of the network connection; removing at each node along the path in response to the connection resize control signal the set of N tributary slots from the set of the M tributary slots, such that the network connection comprises M−N tributary slots.