Ciena Corporation

Dane Hurley

Scott Kohlert

David W Boertjes

David Casson Bownass

A method of automated testing and evaluation of a node of a communications network, the method comprising: a management computer interacting with the node to discover fiber trails within the node that can be safely tested; and the management computer interacting with the node to test at least continuity of each identified fiber trail that can be safely tested.

Automated node level fibre audit

Systems and methods for providing onsite support to technicians of a network include a hardware means for automatically detecting the presence of an onsite technician at the network node, and providing support to the onsite technician through a communications channel provided by the network node. The communications channel can be an optical service channel or a general communication channel (GCC) configured according to G.709 standard, for example. The hardware means can be further configured to determine an identity of the onsite technician and/or authenticate the onsite technician. The hardware means may comprise a dongle communicatively coupled to a network element or shelf at the network node via a universal serial bus (USB) port or BLUETOOTH connection.

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Ottawa, Canada

Dane Hurley