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meps
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cfm
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Sowrirajan PADMANABHAN
Thirumurthy Rajamanickam
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Alcatel Lucent
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Method for discovering MEPs in a communication network for CFM comprises a first MEP (106) generating a loopback message having a MAID corresponding to a MA to which the first MEP (106-1) belongs. The first MEP (106-1) multicasts the loopback message to one or more other MEPs (106) registered with a MD level with which the first MEP (106-1) is registered. The first MEP (106-1) receives a LBR message from at least one other MEP (106-2) from among the one or more other MEPs (106). The at least one other MEP (106-2) has same MAID as the first MEP (106-1). The first MEP (106-1) determines that the at least one other MEP (106-2) belongs to same maintenance association to which the first MEP (106-1) belongs. The at least one other MEP (106-2) is ascertained as a remote MEP with which the first MEP (106-1) exchanges CFM messages for CFM.