METHOD TO BE RUN IN AND DEVICE OF A NETWORK AS WELL AS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH DEVICE

摘要

A method and a device are provided to be run in a network (or in particular on a network component of such network). The network comprises several network elements that are connected via a ring, wherein one network element is a ring master comprising a primary port and a secondary port. The approach comprises the steps of (i) a failure along one direction of the ring is detected by the ring master; and (ii) the ring master sends a first message via its port that indicates the direction of the failure.