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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2022
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Christopher Stoll, Sebastopol, CA (US);
Brett Sinclair, Cambridge, CA;
David Fortin, Stittsville, CA;
Blair E. P. Moxon, Ottawa, CA;
Christiane Louise Campbell, Ottawa, CA;
Sophy Pal, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Brian Christopher Johnson, Nepean, CA;
Hien Nguyen, Bowie, MD (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods include receiving data from a network that includes a plurality of network elements that operate at a plurality levels that include any of network layers and encapsulations; displaying any of the plurality of network elements as a three-dimensional icon on a network map; illustrating a plinth in the three-dimensional icon for each of the plurality of levels for each network element of the any of the plurality of network elements, wherein a plinth at each level indicates a corresponding network element participates in that level; and illustrating horizontal connectivity as links between any of the network elements via associated plinths.