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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2021
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/03 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04B 10/27 (2013.01); H04J 14/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/03 (2013.01); H04B 10/27 (2013.01); H04J 14/08 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods include determining a current state of a network; determining a new state for the network having an improved cost relative to the current state; determining a defragmentation plan to move the network from the current state to the new state, the defragmentation plan including a sequence of steps; and, responsive to an event that presents an opportunity, implementing one or more steps of the sequence of steps. The implementing is conditioned on occurrence of the opportunity.