Patent ID: 7940652
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of providing protection to network traffic, comprising: sending a Pseudowire protection configuration parameter for configuring a standby Pseudowire between a source node and a destination node, the Pseudowire protection configuration parameter indicating a protection property associated with the standby Pseudowire, the protection property including a priority for the standby Pseudowire; receiving a Pseudowire configuration acknowledgement indicating whether the Pseudowire protection configuration parameter has been accepted by the destination node; accepting the Pseudowire protection configuration parameter by the destination node; using the standby Pseudowire that is configured based at least in part on the Pseudowire protection configuration parameter; and determining whether to preempt existing traffic on the standby Pseudowire, wherein the determination is based, at least in part, on the priority for the standby Pseudowire.