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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2016
Applicants:

Ankur Jain, Gurgaon, IN;

Deepinder Gill, Brampton, CA;

Nigel Robert Davis, Edgware, GB;

Amal Karboubi, Oshawa, CA;

Inventors:

Ankur Jain, Gurgaon, IN;

Deepinder Gill, Brampton, CA;

Nigel Robert Davis, Edgware, GB;

Amal Karboubi, Oshawa, CA;

Assignee:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/937 (2013.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 49/253 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for connecting endpoints. The method may include determining, using a first group of software threads, cross-connection information regarding various cross-connections among various network elements. The network elements may include a first network element and a second network element. The method may further include determining, using the first group of software threads, link information regarding various links between the network elements. The method may further include processing, within a network cache, the cross-connection information and the link information into various network resources groups. Each network resource group of the network resources groups may describe adjacent cross-connections for a link among the links.


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