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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2020
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
James P'ford't Carnes, III, Baltimore, MD (US);
David Jordan Krauss, Centreville, VA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods include receiving a request for a path in a network including a plurality of network elements interconnected to one another via links, wherein the request includes values for a plurality of criteria, wherein the plurality of criteria include one or more of trust, privacy, and secrecy; utilizing a multi-criteria path selection process to determine the path through the plurality of network elements over the links based on the plurality of criteria and the associated values; and providing a display of the determined path in a network map. The trust quantifies trustworthiness of each link in the network and the values of trust are any of a rating and a selection for inclusion or exclusion, the privacy quantifies a number of the links the network path is routed over for network obfuscation, and the secrecy quantifies a level of encryption utilized on the links.