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Null Networks LLC

Robert C Garcelon

Alfred C She

Steven R Ringwald

A unified API is provided to an optical networking apparatus to facilitate uniform access, control or interaction with its multi-protocol optical networking modules (MPONM) by its applications. Each of the MPONM has a multi-protocol processor with a number of function blocks and physical layer components. Corresponding service routines are provided for the function blocks and the physical layer. Functions of the function block/physical layer service routines are externalized through the same unified API, thereby enabling accesses and interactions with physical layer components of a MPONM to be conducted in the same high level manner as accesses and interactions with function blocks of the multi-protocol processor of the MPONM.

Software methods of an optical networking apparatus with integrated modules having multi-protocol processors and physical layer components

An API is provided to an optical networking apparatus to facilitate uniform access, control or interaction with its multi-protocol optical networking modules (MPONM) by its applications. Each of the MPONM has a number of function blocks having corresponding service routines. In response to an application's request to initialize a MPONM, the initialization function of the API cooperates with the function block service routines to create a data structure for the MPONM, and returns a handle of the data structure to the application. Thereafter, in response to a need to have an operation performed in a function block of a MPONM, the application makes the request with an externalized function the API associated with the function block, including with the request the handle of the data structure of the MPONM.

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Robert C Garcelon