The invention concerns a method of protecting a label switching path in an MPLS network comprising a plurality of nodes connected by IP links, the said path commencing with an ingress node and ending in an egress node of the said network, passing through a given series of nodes and links in the said...http://www.google.de/patents/US20070011284?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20070011284 - Dynamic distributed method for local protection of a label switching path