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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2015
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Loudon T. Blair, Severna Park, MD (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a data service through a packet-optical switch in a network include, subsequent to defining a loop-free forwarding topology for the data service in the network, if the packet-optical switch is a degree 2 site for the data service, providing the data service through the packet-optical switch at a Layer 1 protocol bypassing a partitioned packet fabric of the packet-optical switch; and if the packet-optical switch is a degree 3 or more site for the data service with multi-point connectivity, providing the data service through the packet-optical switch at the Layer 1 protocol and at a packet level using the partitioned packet fabric to provide the data service between the multi-point connectivity and to associated OTN connections for each degree of the degree 3 or more site.