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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2016
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Anurag Prakash, Noida, IN;
Dominic Richens, Perth, CA;
Seemant Bisht, New Delhi, IN;
Mohit Chhillar, Pitam Pura, IN;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A method implemented by a processing device for gridless optical routing and spectrum assignment on links in an optical network includes, responsive to one or more new channel requests, performing a path computation utilizing frequency markers to determine feasibility of the one or more new channel requests, wherein the optical spectrum is represented as a real line with the frequency markers indicative of used optical spectrum; allocating the one or more new channel requests based on the path computation and allocation criteria; and responsive to allocating the one or more new channel requests, updating the associated frequency markers on the real line.