Cisco Technology, Inc.

Randy Zhang

Gabriele Maria Galimberti

Rajiv Asati

Stefano Piciaccia

Mauro Brunella

Walid Wakim

Errol Fenton Roberts

In one example, a network device within a network domain determines routing information to exchange in a network. The network domain corresponds to an actual entity and includes a structure with a plurality of domains arranged in hierarchical levels corresponding to a hierarchy of entities of the actual entity. The routing information indicates at least one domain and hierarchical level of the structure. The network device exchanges the routing information in the network to control routing through the entities of the actual entity.

Routing based on hierarchical domains in a network environment

A method for optical restoration in an optical network is provided. A network controller obtains, from one or more optical nodes of an optical network, at least one failure notification indicating a failure of a primary path between a first node and a second node. The network controller forwards to a first set of optical nodes, data-plane parameters for optical components of the first set of optical nodes. The first set of optical nodes include the first node, the second node, and one or more intermediate nodes, and forms a restoration path for the primary path. The data-plane parameters for the optical components are forwarded in parallel to the first set of optical nodes of the restoration path so as to activate the restoration path in parallel. The network controller switches traffic from the primary path to the restoration path.

Method and system for optical path restoration

In one embodiment, a first optical network device includes a controller, and a first network interface, wherein the first network interface is configured to exchange data with a first layer 3 network device, and the controller is configured to obtain at least one optical circuit attribute including an optical circuit distance and/or an optical circuit latency of a first optical circuit in an optical network, and provide the at least one optical circuit attribute to the first layer 3 network device. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Enhancing routing metrics

An interface mapping method includes obtaining, at a network controller, device information of network devices configured to be in communication with each other through an optical network. The network devices include a plurality of colored interfaces that support a range of wavelengths for communication in the optical network. Interface information of the colored interfaces of the network devices is obtained, and optical power information associated with each of the colored interfaces is obtained. Optical power margins for a transmitter interface of the colored interfaces. The transmitter interface is controlled to transmit a power sequence based on the optical power margins, and power readings are obtained from a receiver interface of the colored interfaces. A topology between the colored interfaces is discovered based on the power sequence and the power readings.

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