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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2017
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Petar Djukic, Ottawa, CA;
Todd Morris, Stittsville, CA;
Romualdas Armolavicius, Stittsville, CA;
Mitchell Howard Auster, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Christopher Frank Janz, Dunrobin, CA;
David Côté, Gatineau, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for instantiating a network service in a network include receiving a service request for a network service; determining network resources in the network to instantiate the network service; determining a price for the network resources utilizing forecasts with adjustments to the price based on a current network status; providing the price in response to the service request; and responsive to acceptance of the price, causing instantiation of the network service through the network resources in the network.