Table 1 describes the steps that a bidirectional protection switching process goes through during a typical automatic switchover.
Status | APS commands sent in K1 and K2 bytes on protection line | Action | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
B -> A | A -> B | At site B | At site A | |
No failure (Protection line is not in use). |
No request |
No request |
No action |
No action |
Working line Degraded in direction A->B. |
SD on working channel 1 |
No request |
Failure detected, notify A and switch to protection line |
No action |
Site A receives SD failure condition. |
Same |
Reverse request |
No action |
Remote failure detected, acknowledge and switch to protection line |
Site B receives Reverse request. |
Same |
Same |
No action |
No action |