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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Michael Y. Frankel, Hallandale Beach, FL (US);
James Carnes, Baltimore, MD (US);
Vladimir Pelekhaty, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
CIENA CORPORATION, Hanover, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/24 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6209 (2013.01); H04L 9/0822 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving one or more blocks of data for transmission to a destination, splitting the one or more blocks of data into a plurality of data shards, and communicating the plurality of data shards to the destination, wherein the communicating comprises providing a respective data shard of the plurality of data shards to a respective physical path of a plurality of physical paths to increase data security during the communicating. Other embodiments are disclosed.