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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2018
Infinera Corp., Annapolis Junction, MD (US);
Nikhil Kumar Satyarthi, Bangalore, IN;
Amit Satbhaiya, Kunadalahalli, IN;
Sanjeev Ramachandran, Manipal, IN;
Rajan Rao, Fremont, CA (US);
Baranidhar Ramanathan, Karnataka, IN;
Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described in which circuitry of a first controller of a first node receives a first signal indicating an optical loss of signal within the first path. Circuitry of a second controller of the first node on the first path within a transport network generates a second signal indicating a failure within the first path. The first controller accessing a network topology database determines that restoration of the first path would be ineffective due to there being no alternate path, and signals a second node downstream in the first path with the second signal indicating the failure within the first path, and a third signal indicating that restoration of the first path would be ineffective due to there being no alternate path.