| US 7,349,326 B1 | ||
| Control of inter-zone/intra-zone recovery using in-band communications | ||
| Haig Michael Zadikian, McKinney, Tex. (US); Zareh Baghdasarian, La Canada, Calif. (US); Ali Najib Saleh, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (US); and Vahid Parsi, Sherman Oaks, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 26, 2001, as Appl. No. 10/39,989. | ||
| Application 10/039989 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/899962, filed on Jul. 06, 2001. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04J 1/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—216 [370/242] | 230 Claims |
| 1. A method of communicating information regarding a failure comprising:
generating failure information, wherein
said failure affects a virtual path,
said virtual path is between a first node and a second node,
a first zone comprises said first node,
a second zone comprises said second node, and
said failure information comprises an indication whether intra-zone resources should be used to restore said virtual path;
and
sending said failure information.
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