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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2004
Mahesh Subramanian, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh Muthu, San Jose, CA (US);
Kuga P. Visagamani, San Jose, CA (US);
Mahesh Subramanian, San Jose, CA (US);
Suresh Muthu, San Jose, CA (US);
Kuga P. Visagamani, San Jose, CA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);
Abstract
A user interface for managing connections in a communication network cross connect. The user interface provides for creation, viewing and removing connections in the cross connect. When displaying connections, a granularity may be adjusted to allow for effective viewing of connections having high data rates. A multi-layer display is used having at least a coarse and fine layer with granularities corresponding to a time slot resolution. The user interface may include a search tool for locating connections and/or a protection setup routine to facilitate establish protection connections.