Patent ID: 8665711

Claim:
A method comprising: creating, by a first network device, a first protection path to a second network device, the second network device being associated with a first service site and a second service site; creating, by the first network device, a second protection path to the second network device; creating, by the first network device, a first pseudowire between the first service site and a third service site; creating, by the first network device, a second pseudowire between the second service site and a fourth service site; detecting, by the first network device, a failure between the first network device and the first service site; forwarding, by the first network device and based on detecting the failure, first traffic, provided by the first pseudowire between the first service site and the third service site, via the first protection path and not via a first path between the first service site and the third service site, the first protection path being different than the first path; and forwarding, by the first network device and based on detecting the failure, second traffic, provided by the second pseudowire between the second service site and the fourth service site, via the second protection path.