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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
May. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Zte Corporation, Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Inventors:
Jun Shan Wey, Sammamish, WA (US);
Junwen Zhang, Morristown, NJ (US);
Assignee:
ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0062 (2013.01); H04J 14/0238 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01); H04J 14/0282 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0064 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0083 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0096 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for efficiently utilize the available bandwidth in a communication network are described. One example implementation includes a method of optical communication including receiving bandwidth requests from multiple network devices in an optical network, receiving communication capability information about the multiple network devices, generating a transmission schedule that specifies transmissions in the optical network in multiple time slots with a corresponding modulation format, and transmitting and/or receiving data based on the transmission schedule.