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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2020
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Jatin Sareen, Gurgaon, IN;
Vinod Kumar, Gurgaon, IN;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically upgrading a license in a communication network are provided. In one embodiment, a network device in communication with a license server may be configured with a processing device and a memory device configured to store a computer program having instructions that, when executed, cause the processing device to analyze a communication path between first and second nodes of a communication system and analyze a first license agreement having a first set of constraints regarding communication between the first and second nodes. Responsive to determining that the communication path is not allowable under the first set of constraints of the first license agreement, the instructions may further cause the processing device to upgrade the first license agreement to a second license agreement having a second set of constraints that are less-restrictive than the first set of constraints regarding communication between the first and second nodes.