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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2016
Ankur Jain, Gurgaon, IN;
Deepinder Gill, Brampton, CA;
Nigel Robert Davis, Edgware, GB;
Amal Karboubi, Oshawa, CA;
Ankur Jain, Gurgaon, IN;
Deepinder Gill, Brampton, CA;
Nigel Robert Davis, Edgware, GB;
Amal Karboubi, Oshawa, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
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.