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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2015
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);
Jiafeng Zhu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jun He, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Likun Lin, Tucson, AZ (US);
Weiyang Mo, Tucson, AZ (US);
Saied Agahi, Tucson, AZ (US);
John Wissinger, Tucson, AZ (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
An embodiment method for managing connections on a communications network having an optical network portion includes receiving a request for a first connection at a controller in signal communication with one or more reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers (ROADMs) controlling an optical network portion of a communications network, wherein the controller is connected to the communications network. The controller determines a route on the communications network for the first connection according to conditions of the communications network, with the route comprising one or more first links of the optical network. The controller determines one or more first ROADMs controlling the one or more first links and sends commands from the controller to the one or more first ROADMs to allocate bandwidth on the one or more first links.