System and method for abstracting wavelength-switched optical network traffic engineering topology in SDN control hierarchy
US9954611B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 16, 2016 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/64
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method including determining, for each reachable source-destination (S-D) node pair, a maximal number of optical channel (OCh) paths available for source-destination node pair connections and determining, if a preselected latency threshold is specified, for all available OCh paths a maximal number of paths satisfying the preselected latency threshold. The available OCh paths are reported to a Multi-Domain Service coordinator (MDSC).
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