A method to facilitate recovery of a node in a communications network is disclosed. The method comprises receiving one or more messages from at least another node in the communications network and restoring connectivity of a recovering node based at least in part on the received messages. ...http://www.google.de/patents/US20030037276?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20030037276 - System and method to perform non-service effecting bandwidth reservation using a reservation signaling protocol
