Chapter 3. 9500 MXC Nodes
Vol. II-3-80 Alcatel-Lucent
Figure 3-47. Normal No-fault Operation
When a break occurs, the ring protection mechanism applies loopbacks at each
end of the failed E1 circuits, 'wrapping' primary ring traffic onto the secondary
ring, and wrapping secondary back onto primary on the other side of the break.
Refer to Figure 3-48. In this example all circuits are restored.
Tx
Tx
Tx
Tx Rx
Node A
Node C
Node B
Node D
East
facing
East
facing
West
facing
West
facing
East
facing
Shows two of up to 64xE1
or 84xDS1 circuits
Rx
Rx
Rx
Primary ring
Secondary ring
(unused)