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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/03 (2013.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04J 3/14 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/03 (2013.01); H04B 10/0793 (2013.01); H04J 3/14 (2013.01); H04J 3/1652 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods include determining which services in a single Optical Transport Unit Cn (OTUCn) that is transmitted in an optical network via a plurality of optical carriers are affected by failed one or more optical carriers of the plurality of optical carriers; continuing to operate the single OTUCn with unaffected one or more optical carriers of the plurality of optical carriers; and adjusting some or all of the services from the failed one or more optical carriers to the unaffected one or more optical carriers.