at a first edge node bordering the faulty section, redirecting the MPLS traffic in the opposite direction along the ring, via a shared protection path;

when being redirected to the protection path at the first edge node, providing each of the redirected packets with an additional, outer label to its label stack, said additional label indicating the fact that the packet is carried along the protection path;

recognizing the packets belonging to the redirected MPLS traffic by detecting, at the protection path nodes presence of said additional label;

for each packet arriving at a particular node along said protection path and recognized as belonging to the redirected MPLS traffic by detecting said additional label, determining whether the particular node is the packet's egress point from the ring,

said determining being performed depending on arrangement of the protection path:

in case said protection path is arranged as a chain of point-to point LSPs (a point-to-point, ptp, protection path) or multipoint-to-multipoint (mptmp) protection path, the determining comprises mandatory checking the original, inner label of the packet at the particular node,

in case said protection path is arranged as a multipoint-to-point (mptp) protection path, the determining comprises checking the original, inner label of the packet if said particular node is a termination point of said mptmp protection path,

the method then comprises

allowing egress of said packet of the redirected MPLS traffic from the ring at said particular node, if said particular node is either the termination point of the mptp path or the packet's egress node from the ptp or mptmp protection path,

forwarding said packet of the redirect MPLS traffic to a next node along the ring, said particular node is neither the termination point of the mptp protection path nor the packet's egress node from the ptp or mptmp protection path.