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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventor:
Sebastien Gareau, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/10 (2022.01); H04L 43/0811 (2022.01); H04L 49/20 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 49/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A node includes circuitry configured to create a sequence of encoded blocks with the blocks including i) data blocks from a plurality of clients and ii) overhead blocks, insert one or more Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) fields representing client overhead in the overhead blocks, wherein each client has corresponding client overhead, and transmit the sequence of encoded blocks in an order.