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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2012
Applicants:

Abhishek Chaudhary, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Gustav Karl Larsson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jonathan T. Sewter, Kanata, CA;

Feng Ling, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Michael J. Wingrove, Kanata, CA;

Inventors:

Abhishek Chaudhary, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Gustav Karl Larsson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Jonathan T. Sewter, Kanata, CA;

Feng Ling, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Michael J. Wingrove, Kanata, CA;

Assignee:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 43/0829 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a plurality of modules, a backplane communicatively coupled to the plurality of modules, a plurality of links defined between the plurality of modules over the backplane, and a link management system configured to dynamically manage parameters associated with each of the plurality of links. A link management method includes, for a system, defining a codebook for each module, device, and interconnect in the system, the codebook includes data describing physical link topologies and configuration parameters associated therewith, for initializing a link in the system, obtaining appropriate codebooks for each segment in the link, calculating an overall link loss for the link based on data in the appropriate codebooks, and obtaining configuration parameters for the link based on the overall link loss.


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