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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
Cornelius Fuerst, Fuerstenfeldbruck, DE;
Joerg-peter Elbers, Fuerstenfeldbruck, DE;
Andreas Faerbert, Munich, DE;
Cornelius Fuerst, Fuerstenfeldbruck, DE;
Joerg-Peter Elbers, Fuerstenfeldbruck, DE;
Andreas Faerbert, Munich, DE;
ADVA Optical Networking SE, Meiningen OT Dreissigacker, DE;
Abstract
A method for automatic confirmation of an optical network element optical modules each having multiple fibers; a fiber shuffle interconnector having ports to which said optical modules are connected; and a configuration unit which performs an automatic configuration of said optical network element by controlling all optical modules connected to said fiber shuffle interconnector to transmit a fiber identifier associated with a fiber of the respective optical module to the respective port of said fiber shuffle interconnector to which said optical module is connected, wherein said fiber shuffle interconnector forwards the received fiber identifier via another port of said fiber shuffle interconnector to another optical module of said optical network element which detects said forwarded fiber identifier being monitored by said configuration unit to generate a connectivity matrix indicating the connection of said optical modules to said fiber shuffle interconnector on the basis of the detected fiber identifiers.