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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
David W. Boertjes, Ottawa, CA;
Michel Belanger, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/0257 (2013.01); H04J 14/0204 (2013.01); H04J 14/0206 (2013.01); H04J 14/0212 (2013.01); H04J 14/0213 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0062 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0066 (2013.01); H04J 14/0221 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0075 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0086 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods include managing optical spectrum in an optical network utilizing a flexible grid where each channel in the optical network has a center frequency and utilizes a plurality of bins to define spectral width, wherein each channel's occupancy on the optical spectrum is enumerated by its center frequency and plurality of bins.