Patent ID: 6992975
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: (a) receiving frames from a plurality of ring networks at a single network element; (b) monitoring said frames at a single network element for a condition indicative of a failure in one of said plurality of ring networks; (c) detecting a failure in one of said plurality of ring networks, wherein said detecting said failure comprises reading a portion of a first frame; (d) determining which ring network among said plurality of ring networks is failing, wherein (e) providing said portion of said first frame to a first one of a plurality of tasks, in response to said determining, wherein (f) providing a portion of a second frame to a second one of a plurality of tasks, in response to determining that a second one of said ring networks is failing, wherein (g) rerouting frames of the first one of said ring networks in response to detecting that said first ring network is a failing ring network, wherein said rerouting is performed by said first one of said tasks.