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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2002
Sven Jozef Jeanne Van Den Bosch, Lochristi, BE;
Gert Van Hoey, Gentbrugge, BE;
Olivier Didier Duroyon, San Diego, CA (US);
Guido August Luyts, Ham, BE;
Jan Martha Romain Van Bogaert, Keerbergen, BE;
An Maria Irene Deckers, St.Katelijne Waver, BE;
Paloma DE LA Vallee, Aartselaar, BE;
Nathalie Maria Cornelia Degrande, Overmere, BE;
Hans DE Neve, Turnhout, BE;
Sven Jozef Jeanne Van Den Bosch, Lochristi, BE;
Gert Van Hoey, Gentbrugge, BE;
Olivier Didier Duroyon, San Diego, CA (US);
Guido August Luyts, Ham, BE;
Jan Martha Romain Van Bogaert, Keerbergen, BE;
An Maria Irene Deckers, St.Katelijne Waver, BE;
Paloma De La Vallee, Aartselaar, BE;
Nathalie Maria Cornelia Degrande, Overmere, BE;
Hans De Neve, Turnhout, BE;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Provided is a management-system for use in a network environment including a first and second IP networks and a transport network which connects the first and second IP networks. The management system includes: a converter for optimizing a path in an IP-domain via a first algorithm and for converting IP-traffic-signals into transport-traffic-signals; and an optimiser which optimizes a topology that overlays the transport network by optimizing channels in the transport-network according to at least one second algorithm. The first algorithm is an IP multi protocol label switching routing optimization algorithm. The second algorithm is an algorithm based on a plurality of constraints and objectives such as a flow conservation constraint, logical link capacity constraint, optical router port constraint, wavelength cost objective, optical router port occupation objective, advertised link number objective, spare capacity objective, wavelength re-use benefit objective and optical service level agreement constraint.