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Methods of protection sharing for multi-protected optical demands in large-scale WDM mesh networks

US8842984B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Ahmet Akyamac · Bound Brook, US
Gary W. Atkinson · Freehold, US
Ramesh Nagarajan · Pittsford, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 8, 2008
Grant date	Sep 23, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 12, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L45/28
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for identifying and, optionally, managing protection resource sharing opportunities, such as within a large-scale wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) mesh network.

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