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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Benjamin P Niven-jenkins, Ipswich, GB;
John R King, Saxmundham, GB;
Andrew Lord, Woodbridge, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A path is established through an optical communications network. One or more partial paths are evaluated according to a first criterion, and candidate end-to-end paths are then evaluated according to a second criterion. The end-to-end path evaluation disregards candidate end-to-end paths that include partial paths not meeting the first criterion. A path is established by selecting one of the candidate end-to-end paths on the basis of the second criterion.