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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2009
Applicant:
Moshe Segal, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Moshe Segal, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A model is provided for optimizing an optical network wherein single links carry multiple signals by using multiple color channels. The routes in the optimized network minimize mid-route color changeovers, reducing the number of nodes requiring optical-electric-optical signal conversion. In the model, the minimized objective function includes terms representing total color miles, terms penalizing changeovers, and terms representing total nodes passed by routes.