Patent ID: 7782892

Claim:
A node apparatus for consistency verification of timeslot statuses, for implementing consistency verification of timeslot status of a receiving end and a transmitting end of a traffic engineering link, the node apparatus being disposed at the receiving end, comprising: a timeslot status verification request receiving unit, for receiving a timeslot status verification request message from the transmitting end; a timeslot status information verifying unit, for comparing statuses of all timeslots comprising timeslot status information of the transmitting end contained in the timeslot status verification request message with statuses of corresponding timeslots of the receiving end, to verify whether the statuses of all timeslots comprising the timeslot status information of the transmitting end are consistent with those of the receiving end, and reporting an alarm if status of any one of the timeslots of the transmitting end is inconsistent with that of the corresponding timeslot of the receiving end; and a notification unit, for transmitting, in response to receiving the timeslot status verification request message, timeslot status information of the receiving end to the transmitting end.