Infinera Corporation

Ciena Corporation

Infinera Coporation

Biao Lu

Rajan Rao

Ping Pan

Ashok Kunjidhapatham

Parthiban Kandappan

Khuzema Pithewan

Edward Everett Sprague

Mohit Misra

Satyajeet Singh Ahuja

Radhakrishna Valiveti

Sri Mohana Satya Srinivas Singamsetty

Sharfuddin Syed

Jan Bialkowski

Ting-Kuang Chiang

Drew Daniel Perkins

Theodore Ernest Tedijanto

Baranidhar Ramanathan

Anthony Jorgenson

Maneesh Jain

Abishek Gopalan

Ramnarayan Srinivasan

David F Welch

Steven Joseph Hand

Snigdho Chandra Bardalai

Prasad Paranjape

Vinay Ravuri

Neeraj Gulati

Abhinava Shivakumar Sadasivarao

Ann Gui

How Tung Lim

Christopher Liou

Abhijeet D Deore

Kamran Farshchi

Charles H Joyner

Stephen G Grubb

Nikhil Kumar Satyarthi

Sanjeev Ramachandran

Dharmendra Naik

Rajasekar Venkatesan

Stephane St-Laurent

Tjandra Trisno

Ravi Tangirala

Jonathan Michael Buset

Premal Desai

Shankara Ramamurthy

Saurabh Kumar

Kiran Kumar Dintakurthi

Steve Sanders

Amit Satbhaiya

Sanjoy Bardhan

Loukas Paraschis

Ashwini Kumar Bhat

Chris Liou

Hao Su

Konstantin Saunichev

Robert G Bryttegard

Ramakrishna Pratapa

Yatindra Chugh

Gregory M Bernstein

Michael Champlin

Michael Frendo

Onur Turkcu

Sudhanshu Verma

Saratchandar Adayapalam Viswanathan

Muhammad Yaaseen

Rao Rajan

Manish Chandra

Nikhil Satyarhi

Abhijit Kulkarni

Yalin Wang

Keshava M Elliadka

Steven G Grubb

George Frank

Christopher C Liou

Consistent with the present disclosure, a method and related system for secure autonomic optical transport networks are disclosed. The method includes steps for adding a network element in an optical network. The method includes an initial step of verifying, with a new network element, a first identifier certificate from a proxy network element. In a further step, a second identifier certificate from the new network element is verified with the proxy element. A registrar is used for verifying the second identifier certificate from the proxy network element and sending domain specific parameters to the proxy network element for forwarding to the new network element Next, a local certificate is generated on the new network element. The local certificate is derived from a secure module and sent to the proxy network element for forwarding to the registrar. Further, the new network element in the autonomic domain is enrolled, with the registrar. Moreover, the local certificate is signed with the registrar and the signed local certificate is sent to the new network element.

Secure autonomic optical transport networks

An apparatus is described. The apparatus comprises a downstream wavelength selective switch having an input port, an optical path operable to carry an optical signal, an optical source providing amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) light, an optical switch having a first input coupled to the optical path, a second input coupled to the optical source and receiving the ASE light, and an output coupled to the input port of the downstream wavelength selective switch. The optical switch couples either the first input or the second input to the output. Further included is a photodiode operable to monitor the optical signal, detect an optical loss of signal of the optical signal, and output a switch signal to the optical switch such that the optical switch couples the second input receiving the ASE light to the output whereby the ASE light is directed to the input port of the downstream wavelength selective switch.

Fast transient suppressor for optical transmission systems

An optimized communication network may include an edge switch capable of transporting and switching L1 and L2 traffic and configured to selectively transport and switch L2 traffic using L1 protocols.

Multilayer packet optical communication networks

Methods, nodes and control modules are disclosed. In the method, circuitry of a first node in a mesh network converts an optical layer in a working path between the first node and a second node, to a data stream in a digital layer. The working path carries data traffic from the first node to the second node in the optical layer of the mesh network when there is no failure in the working path. Circuitry of the first node in the mesh network detects a failure in the working path due to detection of an error in the data stream in the digital layer. The circuitry of the first node establishes, through transmission of at least one signal from the first node to the second node, a restoration path in the optical layer based on, at least in part, detection of the error in the data stream in the digital layer.

Fast restoration using SDFEC defects in coherent optical networks

One or more servers may receive an instruction to change a modulation format, associated with one or more optical channels, from a first modulation format to a second modulation format; provide the instruction to change the modulation format to a network device, associated with the one or more optical channels, to cause the network device to change the modulation format, associated with the one or more optical channels, from the first modulation format to the second modulation format; and determine that a license repository is to be updated based on receiving the instruction to change the modulation format. The license repository may store one or more licenses. The one or more servers may generate a license update instruction to update the license repository based on determining that the license repository is to be updated and output the license update instruction to cause the license repository to be updated.

Modulation format change and license updating

Embodiments herein include methods and apparatuses for providing optical channel protection by a switching controller in an optical networking system. The switching controller may receive, from a light module, a digital fault status message that indicates whether a digital frame demodulated from an optical signal include a fault. The switching controller may receive from an Optical Supervisory Channel (OSC) module, an Optical Layer Defect Propagation (OLDP) status message that indicates an OSC status of the optical signal on a current optical path. The switching controller may receive, from an Optical Add Drop Multiplexer (OADM) module, an optical power status message that indicates a measured power level of the optical signal on the optical path. Based on at least one of the OLDP status, the optical power status, or the digital fault status message, the switching controller may determine the optical path as a working path or a protecting path.

Heuristic constraint driven optical channel protection

Memory devices, methods and systems are described in which a non-transitory memory device stores instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to: receive, via an input component, at least one message from a network element in a multi-layer network comprising information indicative of at least one failure of a working path; determine based at least in part on information indicative of a data transport path coincident with the working path in a second layer in the network different from the first layer, an alternate path in the first layer for transmission of the data through the multi-layer network; and transmit, via an output component, at least one signal comprising configuration instructions to at least one line module, the configuration instructions directing the line module to switch and transmit the data using the alternate path.

Intelligent optical restoration in integrated multi-layer networks

A method, comprises measuring, by circuitry of a computer system, a first bandwidth of data traffic of a transport path over a time period, the transport path passing through a plurality of nodes and conforming to a protocol using a number of time slots to allocate a second bandwidth to the transport path. The method further includes passing a signal, from the computer system to at least one of the nodes of the transport path, the signal including at least one instruction that when executed by circuitry of the at least one node causes a change to the number of time slots allocated to the transport path.

Method to re-provision bandwidth in P-OTN network based on current traffic demand

A method and node are disclosed. In the method, circuitry of a first node generates a link state advertising message including bandwidth information indicative of unreserved number of optical channel data unit containers for a plurality of different types of signals supported by an interface of the first node. The link state advertising message is transmitted from the first node to a plurality of second nodes within a mesh network.

TE-link bandwidth model of ODU switch capable OTN interfaces

Methods and systems are disclosed for storing, in a non-transitory memory device, multi-layer network information comprising at least one of link availability, bandwidth availability, priority levels for paths in a multi-layer network, path status in the multi-layer network, and status for network elements in the multi-layer network; receiving, via at least one input component, a message from a network element in the network comprising information indicative of a failure of a working path in the network; determining, automatically, based at least in part on the multi-layer network information, an alternate path for transmission of the data traffic through the network; and transmitting, via at least one output component, at least one signal comprising configuration instructions to at least one optical line module, the configuration instructions directing the optical line module to switch and select the data traffic using the alternate path.

Multi layer network resiliency with software defined orchestration

Systems and methods for a multi-layer network to achieve network resource isolation among clients using the same server network, such as a VPN in a multi-layered network and interaction within the node, may include interaction between a server layer (e.g. LPhotonic network) and the client layer (e.g. Lnetwork) that help the client layer (L) gather information about the server-layer (L) connection affinities. For example, the use of server layer (L) connection affinities to construct Virtual Network Topologies (VNT) and/or network abstractions for customer traffic isolations in client layer (L), the use of VNT to offer physical and/or logical network resource isolation for Lcustomers, and provide LVPN services in a multi-layer environment.

System and method for virtual network topologies and VPN in multi-layer networks

A network device may receive an activation instruction. The network device may provide network resources. The activation instruction may request the network device to activate a particular network resource that is deactivated. The activation instruction may be associated with a license that identifies the particular network resource and identifies a resource request of a user. The network device may configure, based on the activation instruction, a component of the network device to activate the particular network resource. The component, after being configured to activate the particular network resource, may allow data flows, received by the network device, to be provided towards a destination device using the particular network resource. The network device may receive a data flow and provide, by the component of the network device, the data flow towards the destination device using the particular network resource.

Dynamic activation of pre-deployed network resources

A method for receiving, by circuitry of an optical node adapted for wavelength multiplexing and wavelength switching, over an OSC an optical signal comprising overhead information indicative of status of at least one of an optical layer in an OTN; terminating the optical signal; notifying software of the status of the optical layer; detecting, based on the status of the optical layer, a uni-directional or bi-directional failure of a working path between the optical node and a second optical node, wherein the working path carries data traffic from the first optical node to the second optical node in the OTN when there is no failure in the working path; and switching, triggered by the uni-directional or bi-directional failure of the working path, to select the data traffic from a protection path, wherein the protection path carries data traffic between the optical node and the second optical node.

Methods and systems for recovery in coherent optical networks

A switch node provided with a switch, an input interface and an output interface. The input interface is adapted to couple to a first communication link to receive a first TDM frame having a user payload field containing a first user data from the first communication link, and a frame overhead field containing a first identification. The input interface is configured to validate the first identification in the frame overhead field and reject the first TDM frame responsive to the first identification being invalid, and to forward the first user data to the switch responsive to the first identification being valid. The output interface is adapted to couple to a second communication link. The output interface is configured to receive the first user data from the switch, and to generate a second TDM frame having a second user payload field containing the first user data, and a second frame overhead field containing a second identification that is different from the first identification. The output interface is also configured to transmit the second TDM frame onto the second communication link.

Misconnection avoidance on networks

A method, performed in a network that includes a group of nodes, includes identifying a path through a set of the nodes, where each node, in the set of nodes, has a data plane and a control plane; establishing a control plane tunnel, associated with the path, within the control plane of the nodes in the set of nodes; establishing a data plane tunnel, associated with the path, within the data plane of the nodes in the set of nodes, where the data plane tunnel is associated with the control plane tunnel and established through the same set of nodes; and transmitting a control message through the control plane tunnel to change a state of the data plane tunnel.

Fast protection path activation using control plane messages

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