PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16358832
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["370", "546000"]

Abstract:
A method is presented for supporting SNCP over a packet network connecting to two SDH sub-networks and transporting one or more SDH paths that are SNCP-protected in both SDH sub-networks. The packet network connects to each of two sub-network interconnection points by a working path and a protection path. The packet sub-network may provide the same type of path protection as an SDH sub-network using SNCP, while avoiding bandwidth duplication.

Claim (Index 25):
A first device operable in first and second states for providing revertive or non-revertive path protection between first and second networks over a third network that is packet-based, using a second device coupled to transport data traffic between the first and third networks, and a third device coupled between the second and third networks, the first device comprising:\n a first port for coupling to the first network; a second port for communicating with the third device over the third network for transporting data traffic between the first and second networks; and a third port for communicating with the second device over the third network, wherein in the first state the first device is operative to transport data traffic only between the first and second ports, wherein in the second state the first device is operative to transporting data traffic only between the third and second ports, and wherein the first device shifts from the first to second state in response to detecting a failure, and wherein the first or second network comprises, is based on, or uses, a ring topology.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.42308
- Patent Class: 370.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15663763', '14878405', '13087438', '15223324', '12329746']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5896209709763476
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6359208052645005
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5942509544051628
- Mean Citation Score: 409.697814
- Max Citation Score: 591.52856
- Similarity Product: 585.4137206119917

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test