US 11,950,032 B2
G.8032 with optical bypass
Bashar Abdullah, Kanata (CA); Marc Holness, Nepean (CA); Priyanshu Lnu, Meerut (IN); Ritesh Ralhan, New Delhi (IN); and Rajneesh Mishra, Gurugram (IN)
Assigned to Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US)
Filed by Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/723,893.
Claims priority of application No. 202211012246 (IN), filed on Mar. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0283934 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04Q 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01) [H04Q 11/0003 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0064 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0073 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0079 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0092 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network element configured to operate in a G.8032 ring, the network element comprising:
a plurality of ports interconnected by circuitry configured to
operate an Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) session with an adjacent network element, and
detect an optical bypass in the G.8032 ring based on the OAM session, wherein the optical bypass is detected based on auto discovery of a remote Maintenance End Point (MEP) and a timeout of an old remote MEP.