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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2009
Pierre Peloso, Velizy, FR;
Benoit Ronot, Velizy, FR;
Cedric Vandenweghe, Nozay, FR;
Alcatel-Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A method for controlling the establishment of a connection within an optical network comprising the steps consisting in: transmitting a control message node-to-node along a path of said connection from an input node (A) to an output node (D) of the connection, said control message comprising a step indication field to indicate a current step () of the connection establishment, performing a local operation () corresponding to said step indication field within at least one node, transmitting a step acknowledgment to the connection's input node after having completed said local operation, in response to receiving the step acknowledgment, transmitting another control message node-to-node from the input node, wherein said step indication field indicates a following step () within a sequence of steps.