A method is disclosed for interconnecting an MS-SP ring network and an SNCP ring
network in a Dual Node and Bridge and Switch architecture through a primary interconnection
node and a secondary interconnection node connected by an optical fiber span, said
primary interconnection node comprising means for carrying out a Drop and Continue
operation and a service selector for each circuit. The architecture provides for
closing said SNCP ring network through the service selector of the primary node
of the MS-SP ring network. In this way the management of the selectors is simplified,
less I/O interfaces as well as less optical fiber are used and the available band
is better exploited.