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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Waseem Reyaz Khan, Gurgaon, IN;
Piyush Sharma, Gurgaon, IN;
Alwyn Joy George, New Delhi, IN;
Rajagopalan Kannan, Gurgaon, IN;
Waseem Reyaz Khan, Gurgaon, IN;
Piyush Sharma, Gurgaon, IN;
Alwyn Joy George, New Delhi, IN;
Rajagopalan Kannan, Gurgaon, IN;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A method for performing an operation at a non-originating node of a connection includes receiving a request for the operation; determining information associated with the connection; and signaling, based on the information and the operation, an originating node to cause the originating node to perform call connection management on the connection. A non-originating node includes a plurality of ports with at least one connection thereon; and a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of ports and operating a control plane, wherein, for an operation of call connection management on the at least one connection, the controller is configured to: determine information associated with the at least one connection on a link formed by a port; and signal, based on the information and the operation, an originating node of the at least one connection to perform the call connection management on the at least one connection.