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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Andrew Jarabek, Ontario, CA;
Aris Tombul, Ontario, CA;
Karl Hammermeister, Ontario, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/02 (2006.01); H04L 12/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for efficient provisioning of a VT/TU cross-connect includes checking a state of a control bit that specifies whether to assemble an output from multiple virtual tributary (VT1.5/VT2) or tributary unit (TU11/TU12) connections or handle the output as an synchronous transport signal (STS) or administrative unit (AU-3/AU-4) connection, and switching a predetermined number of entries together based on a state of the control bit.