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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2020
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Sheryl Woodward, Holmdel, NJ (US);

Kathleen Tse, Holmdel, NJ (US);

Martin Birk, Holmdel, NJ (US);

Angela Chiu, Holmdel, NJ (US);

Balagangadhar Bathula, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04B 10/2507 (2013.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/071 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/07953 (2013.01); H04B 10/071 (2013.01); H04B 10/07957 (2013.01); H04B 10/2507 (2013.01); H04J 14/021 (2013.01); H04J 14/0257 (2013.01); H04J 14/0271 (2013.01); H04Q 11/00 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0001 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0066 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0073 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0083 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0086 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices, computer-readable media and methods are disclosed for determining reachability for a wavelength connection in a telecommunication network. For example, a processor deployed in a telecommunication network may calculate a fiber loss on a link in the telecommunication network using optical power measurements and determine that a destination node of a wavelength connection is not reachable via a path that includes the link based upon the fiber loss of the link that is calculated. In one example, the determining is based upon a number of links in the path, an effective fiber loss for each link in the path, a penalty for nodes in the path, and an acceptable loss value. The processor may further perform a remedial action in response to determining that the destination node of the wavelength connection is not reachable via the path.


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