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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2008
Snigdho C. Bardalai, Plano, TX (US);
Abinder S. Dhillon, Allen, TX (US);
Sanjay Gera, Richardson, TX (US);
Taichi Ueki, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Sugiya, Fujisawa, JP;
Vibha Sarin, Murphy, TX (US);
Snigdho C. Bardalai, Plano, TX (US);
Abinder S. Dhillon, Allen, TX (US);
Sanjay Gera, Richardson, TX (US);
Taichi Ueki, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Sugiya, Fujisawa, JP;
Vibha Sarin, Murphy, TX (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In particular embodiments, providing signal reachability information to a network includes establishing signal reachability information at a network node of the network. The signal reachability information describes attributes that affect reachability of an optical signal. The signal reachability information is inserted into an advertisement, and the advertisement is sent to network nodes of the network.