A label switched communication network having a ring topology, said communication network being configured to provide a virtual private wire service for supporting a point-to-point client service transported over the communication network between a first edge and a second edge thereof, said network comprising: - a primary network element and a secondary network element forming a dual homing redundancy system for terminating said point-to-point service at said first edge; - a transport pseudowire (T_PW) for connecting said primary network element to a further network element terminating said point-to-point service at said second edge; and - a mate pseudowire (M_PW) for connecting said primary network element and said secondary network element, said primary network element being configured to: - send upstream packets of the virtual private wire service on the transport pseudowire (T_PW) towards a user network interface (UNI-A, UNI-B) of either the primary network element or the secondary network element, depending on a status of said dual homing redundancy system; and - send over the transport pseudowire (T_PW) downstream packets of the virtual private wire service coming from its user network interface (UNI-A) and/or downstream packets of the virtual private wire service carried on the mate pseudowire (M_PW), wherein said label switched packet communication network is configured to implement a ring protection switching scheme for providing protection to said transport pseudowire (T_PW) and said mate pseudowire (M_PW). - a primary network element and a secondary network element forming a dual homing redundancy system for terminating said point-to-point service at said first edge; - a transport pseudowire (T_PW) for connecting said primary network element to a further network element terminating said point-to-point service at said second edge; and - a mate pseudowire (M_PW) for connecting said primary network element and said secondary network element, said primary network element being configured to: - send upstream packets of the virtual private wire service on the transport pseudowire (T_PW) towards a user network interface (UNI-A, UNI-B) of either the primary network element or the secondary network element, depending on a status of said dual homing redundancy system; and - send over the transport pseudowire (T_PW) downstream packets of the virtual private wire service coming from its user network interface (UNI-A) and/or downstream packets of the virtual private wire service carried on the mate pseudowire (M_PW), wherein said label switched packet communication network is configured to implement a ring protection switching scheme for providing protection to said transport pseudowire (T_PW) and said mate pseudowire (M_PW). - send upstream packets of the virtual private wire service on the transport pseudowire (T_PW) towards a user network interface (UNI-A, UNI-B) of either the primary network element or the secondary network element, depending on a status of said dual homing redundancy system; and - send over the transport pseudowire (T_PW) downstream packets of the virtual private wire service coming from its user network interface (UNI-A) and/or downstream packets of the virtual private wire service carried on the mate pseudowire (M_PW), wherein said label switched packet communication network is configured to implement a ring protection switching scheme for providing protection to said transport pseudowire (T_PW) and said mate pseudowire (M_PW).