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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2016
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Choudhury A. Al Sayeed, Gloucester, CA;
Marc Veilleux, Ottawa, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for connection validation between a pair of mated transceivers implemented in a network element include, responsive to a request for connection validation at a first transceiver of the pair of mated transceivers, performing a first optical loopback test through the first transceiver with a unique trace identifier; responsive to a successful first optical loopback test, providing the unique trace identifier to a second transceiver of the mated transceivers with a request for a second optical loopback test; performing the second optical loopback test through the second transceiver with the unique trace identifier; and, responsive to a successful second optical loopback test, providing the unique trace identifier back to the first transceiver from the second transceiver.