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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2008
David W. Jenkins, North Aurora, IL (US);
Ramasubramanian Anand, Plainfield, IL (US);
Hector Ayala, Chicago, IL (US);
Abhishek J. Desai, North Aurora, IL (US);
Kenneth M. Fisher, Aurora, IL (US);
David W. Jenkins, North Aurora, IL (US);
Ramasubramanian Anand, Plainfield, IL (US);
Hector Ayala, Chicago, IL (US);
Abhishek J. Desai, North Aurora, IL (US);
Kenneth M. Fisher, Aurora, IL (US);
Tellabs Operations, Inc., Naperville, IL (US);
Abstract
Optical regeneration is expensive to implement and maintain. A method or corresponding apparatus in an example embodiment of the present invention enables a user to plan an optical regeneration in a network with a reduction of optical regeneration compared to unplanned deployment. An optical regeneration planning tool according to an example embodiment of the present invention can graphically display a representation of a network topology with optical regeneration sites and enable the user to plan optical regenerations at a subset of the sites as a function of characteristics of models of optical network elements and paths within the network topology. Through use of the optical regeneration planning tool, a service provider can save on network deployment and future servicing of optical regeneration equipment.