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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2024
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventor:
John Wade Cherrington, Salt Spring Island, CA;
Assignee:
CIENA CORPORATION, Hanover, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/24 (2022.01); H04L 45/645 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 45/645 (2022.05);
Abstract
Embodiments of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a first plurality of paths between a source and a destination included as part of a communication network or system, and providing at least a subset of the first plurality of paths to a plurality of worker nodes such that the plurality of worker nodes processes the subset of the first plurality of paths based on an optimization algorithm to generate first outputs. Other embodiments are disclosed.