Method and apparatus for load balancing and protecting data traffic in an optical ring

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7680031
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10159625

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A method and apparatus for load balancing and protecting data traffic in an optical ring is described. A method comprises configuring multiple spanning trees in a set of one or more network elements of an optical ring, load balancing with the multiple spanning trees data traffic transmitted in unprotected data channels provisioned through the optical ring, and protecting the unprotected data channels with the multiple spanning trees.

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ERICSSON AB164 80 STOCKHOLM

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Luft, Siegfried Vancouver, CA 38 645
Meehan, Thomas J New York, US 4 70
Owens, Peter J Port Moody, CA 13 277
Stein, Christopher R Langley, CA 1 5

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