Auto-discovery of packet islands over GMPLS-UNI
US10243759B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 3, 2014 |
| Grant date | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2011/0077
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to the support of optical connection setup. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a technique of supporting provision of a connection via a data communication network of an optical network between packet network islands. A method embodiment comprises establishing a Border Gateway Protocol-Link State, BGP-LS, connection via the DCN between a first edge node of the first packet network island and a BGP-LS node in the optical network.
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