Patent ID: 6580689
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
In a node having a line accommodating section comprising a line connection equipment, a plurality of line control equipments and an exchange section for performing switching of signals supplied from said line accommodating section, an intranode alternate route generation apparatus for generating an alternate route within said node, comprising:detecting means for detecting an unusable condition when any one of said line control equipments becomes unusable; extracting means for extracting idle channels from channels accommodated in another operating line control equipment when said unusable condition is detected; linking means for dynamically linking the channels accommodated in said unusable line control equipment to said extracted idle channels in said other operating line control equipment by way of an alternate route; and information collecting means for collecting information concerning the condition of each line control equipment, wherein based on said information from said information collecting means, said extracting means preferentially extracts idle channels from channels accommodated in a line control equipment having higher reliability.