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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2013
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Aung Htay, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Mallikarjunappa Kore, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Cheol Woo Jung, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for monetizing a carrier network are provided. In an example, a wavelength service is captured from deployed network assets in a carrier network. A revenue factor (R), a capital expenditure factor (C), an operational expenditure factor (O), and a service level agreement factor (S) are selected from an analytic profile of the carrier network based on the wavelength service requirements. The R, C, O, and S factors are hexadecimal numbers, and can be weighted relative to each other. An index is calculated by concatenating the R, C, O, and S factors a prioritized order and converting the resultant hexadecimal number into a decimal number. The calculated index is assigned to the wavelength service. The index can be displayed, along with indices for other wavelengths on other paths, to a user in a graphical form.