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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2016
Applicant:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/0267 (2013.01); H04J 14/0257 (2013.01); H04J 14/0278 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of allocating spectrum to a signal in a wavelength division multiplex network including a plurality of nodes, wherein the spectrum comprises a grid divided into a plurality of slots, including allocating to the signal a slot immediately adjacent to a second slot occupied by a second signal, wherein the signal and the second signal are both addressed to the same destination node, and wherein the slots allocated to the signal and the second signal form a spectrum block.