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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1999
Drew D. Perkins, Saratoga, CA (US);
Theodore E. Tedijanto, San Jose, CA (US);
Neeraj Gulati, Cupertino, CA (US);
Biao LU, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Drew D. Perkins, Saratoga, CA (US);
Theodore E. Tedijanto, San Jose, CA (US);
Neeraj Gulati, Cupertino, CA (US);
Biao Lu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);
Abstract
A system and method for automatically generating a topology of a network having synchronous optical network (SONET) switches. Switches in the network pass information about itself to other switches in the network so that every switch can maintain a topology of the network. Using this knowledge of the network topology, each switch can generate a communication route within the network and automatically allot bandwidth for the route. Each switch may generate a new route in response to a line failure.