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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2006
Lyndon Y. Ong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Neena Aluri, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Alessandro Fabbri, Roswell, GA (US);
Steven P. Curtis, Atlanta, GA (US);
Vagish Madrahalli, Woodstock, GA (US);
Yalin Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Lyndon Y. Ong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Neena Aluri, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Alessandro Fabbri, Roswell, GA (US);
Steven P. Curtis, Atlanta, GA (US);
Vagish Madrahalli, Woodstock, GA (US);
Yalin Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides systems and methods for abstracting a network topology into virtual links and supporting both generic and instantiated virtualized links for linking a virtualized topology with actual resources within a domain, providing security over network topology information, providing control over the allocation of resources, and reducing the complexity of advertising.