Network alternate routing arrangement

A facility is provided for enhancing the reliability of a communications network so that traffic whose flow is disrupted by, for example, a faulty link, may be quickly restored to service. In particular, such traffic is restored to service by establishing a number of orders of connectivity each form...

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Hauptverfasser: MANSOUR, M. OMAR, NGUYEN, LIEM T
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Zusammenfassung:A facility is provided for enhancing the reliability of a communications network so that traffic whose flow is disrupted by, for example, a faulty link, may be quickly restored to service. In particular, such traffic is restored to service by establishing a number of orders of connectivity each formed from spare link capacity, in which each succeeding order of connectivity represents the shortest loop around a preceding order of connectivity.