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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Ross Caird, Kanata, CA;
Michael Watford, Kanata, CA;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04J 3/14 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/50 (2013.01); H04J 3/14 (2013.01); H04J 3/1664 (2013.01); H04L 43/06 (2013.01); H04L 43/065 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 61/2592 (2013.01); H04J 2203/006 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods of end-to-end data path integrity validation of a service with a data path at Layer 1 and Layer 2 implemented by a network element include, responsive to initiation of a test, messaging between network elements in the data path to coordinate defect and statistics collection at each of the network elements in the data path; receiving results for the defect and statistics collection from each of the network elements in the data path; and summarizing the received results to form a consolidated report for the test across all of the network elements in the data path.