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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2021
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Ankur Jain, Gurgaon, IN;
Suvendu Kumar Barik, Noida, IN;
John Wade Cherrington, Salt Spring Island, CA;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 41/042 (2022.01); H04L 41/044 (2022.01); H04L 41/0803 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/042 (2013.01); H04L 41/044 (2013.01); H04L 41/0803 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods include creating a graph of a network having i) vertices representing ports, and ii) edges representing possible connections between vertices; receiving a request for one or more paths in the network; traversing the graph to determine the one or more paths; responsive to encountering a non-local constraint in the graph, adding a traversal state based thereon; and responsive to satisfying the non-local constraint in the graph, removing the traversal state based thereon.