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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Applicants:
Darek Skalecki, Ottawa, CA;
Gary Swinkels, Ottawa, CA;
Steven Arvo Surek, Leonardo, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/03 (2013.01); H04B 10/07 (2013.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04B 10/077 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/03 (2013.01); H04B 10/07 (2013.01); H04B 10/0771 (2013.01); H04B 10/0791 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating an optical network (ON) using a control plane (CP), including: identifying, by the CP, a failure of a client facility connecting a network element of the ON and a client device; and terminating, by the CP and in response to identifying the failure, an optical connection through the ON for the client device.