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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2021
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 43/106 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 43/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods include receiving Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) messages from one or more network elements in a network; extracting timing information from any of the IGP messages where the timing information includes timing reference for a given network element for any of frequency, phase, and time; and storing the timing information. The steps can further include one of displaying a Graphical User Interface of the network including an operational timing trail for any of frequency, phase, and time; and displaying the timing information for the one or more network elements via a Command Line Interface (CLI).