Patent ID: 7352780

Claim:
A method for ensuring the resiliency of signaling word(s) transmitted between nodes of a telecommunications network, comprising: determining whether signaling word(s) received is valid based on a comparison of the signaling word(s) with redundant signaling word(s), wherein the redundant signaling word(s) is created by applying a copy of the signaling word(s) through a logical operation, and wherein the redundant signaling word(s) is stored in an unused word location(s) in the data frame; discarding the signaling word(s) if the signaling word(s) is determined to be invalid based on the comparison of the signaling word(s) with the redundant signaling word(s); and accepting the signaling word(s) if the signaling word(s) is determined to be valid based on the comparison of the signaling word(s) with the redundant signaling word(s).