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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Shew, Ottawa, CA;
Nigel Davis, Edgware Middx, GB;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for managing a computing network. At least a portion of the computing network is represented as a recursive architecture of elements representing bit transport, bit transformation and bit storage actions of the network. A respective set of one or more elements are associated with at least one system implementing functions of the portion of the computing network. The recursive architecture of elements is subsequently used to manage the at least one system implementing functions of the portion of the computing network.