Altera Corporation

Pts Corporation

Ashish Duggal

Ross Saunders

Avid Lemus

Thuthuy Bach

John Somerton

A network diagnostic system is provided for an optical transport network having a plurality of network elements. The network diagnostic system includes at least one network element having a network diagnostic operation integrated therein and operable to perform the network diagnostic operation, thereby determining a network performance characteristic associated with the optical transport network; a wayside communication subsystem interconnecting the network elements residing in the optical transport network; and a network diagnostic device in data communication with the at least one network element and operable to initiate the network diagnostic operation at the network element.

Network diagnostic tool for an optical transport network

A system and method for minimizing blocking in optical networks utilizes algorithms developed to reduce non-revenue generating OEO conversions as a result of blocking based on routing and wavelength and/or subband assignment. Demands are prioritized on a basis of optical reach, and regenerators required for overcoming optical reach limitations are strategically placed to overcome blocking.

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Kanata, Canada

Ashish Duggal