发明名称 |
Communications system with protection switching and channel identities |
摘要 |
An optical fiber communications system with a plurality of bidirectional channels and a protection channel is disclosed. Each channel has a respective identity which is transmitted in the traffic of that channel and in the event of a protection switch is identified in the protection channel traffic. A protection switch is effected by detecting a channel failure at the receive end of a span, transmitting a protection request on the return channel back to the transmit end of the span, and using this request in a controller for the channel to effect a protection switch, using an individual selector for the channel, if a priority scheme allows. The controllers are enabled or disabled under software control following a protection switch in accordance with the prevailing priority scheme. The arrangement provides for rapid protection switching.
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申请公布号 |
US4646286(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1987.02.24 |
申请号 |
US19850761925 |
申请日期 |
1985.08.02 |
申请人 |
NORTHERN TELECOM LIMITED |
发明人 |
REID, DAVID I.;ELLSON, JOHN C.;BETTS, MALCOLM C. |
分类号 |
H04B1/74;(IPC1-7):H04J3/14 |
主分类号 |
H04B1/74 |
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