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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2004
Applicants:
Craig Parker, Kanata, CA;
Craig Suitor, Nepean, CA;
Inventors:
Craig Parker, Kanata, CA;
Craig Suitor, Nepean, CA;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, Quebec, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for routing operations, administration, and maintenance traffic for an optical network are described. A subset of a routing information set is transmitted to tributary cards of a network element. The tributary cards route operations, administration, and management traffic based on the subset of the routing information.