METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIVERTING COMMUNICATION TO A PROTECTION PATH IN AN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION NETWORK

摘要

A method for diverting traffic transmitted between a first location and a second location, to be transmitted over protection links, which method comprises: detecting a fault on a first optical link at the second location; if the energy received over the reception optical link at the second location does not exceed a pre-defined threshold, diverting the traffic transmission and reception at the second location to the corresponding protection links; detecting a fault on a first optical link at the first location; if the energy received via the first optical link at the first location does not exceed a pre-defined threshold, diverting the traffic transmission and reception at the first location to the corresponding protection links.