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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Denis Daniel Leclair, Kanata, CA;
Sean D. L. Mcveigh, Dunrobin, CA;
Kevan P. Jones, Kanata, CA;
Jean V. E. Ouellet, Ottawa, CA;
Douglas J. Greenwood, Ottawa, CA;
John B. Mills, Ottawa, CA;
Robert W. Keys, Stittsville, CA;
Denis Daniel Leclair, Kanata, CA;
Sean D. L. McVeigh, Dunrobin, CA;
Kevan P. Jones, Kanata, CA;
Jean V. E. Ouellet, Ottawa, CA;
Douglas J. Greenwood, Ottawa, CA;
John B. Mills, Ottawa, CA;
Robert W. Keys, Stittsville, CA;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
A system and method for managing the selection of ghost channels in an optical communication system, including components configured to collect one or more first data values indicating the validity of an optical communication channel within a first degree of a node in the optical communication system, collect one or more second data values indicating the optical power level of the optical communication channel, transmit the first and second data values to a second degree of the node, receive the first and second data values at the first degree, and aggregate the first and second data values for the first degree and the second degree at the first degree.