Techniques for interfacing between web services and interface description language (IDL)-based remote procedure call (RPC) services and an optical communication system implementing same

A computer-implemented method for servicing remote procedure call requests, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a controller, a user request from a remote computing device, the user request including a self-descriptive message that includes at least one network element address and an identifier of an operation to perform on the at least one network element address;
• extracting, by the controller, the at least one network element address and the identifier of the operation to perform on the at least one network element address;
• selecting, by the controller, a precompiled interface description language (IDL) adapter associated with the at least one network element address from a memory;
• selecting, by the controller, at least one remote procedure call (RPC) function to satisfy the user request based on the selected precompiled IDL adapter;
• executing, by the controller, the at least one RPC function by sending at least one IDL-based message to one or more network elements associated with the at least one network element address;
• and
• sending, by the controller, a response message to the remote computing device based on a response from the executed at least one RPC function, the response message being a same format as the user request.

An optical communication system comprising an optical communication path extending between a plurality of cable landing stations, each of the plurality of cable landing stations being associated with one or more network elements of a plurality of network elements disposed along the optical communication path, the system comprising:

• a remote procedure call (RPC) gateway server, the RPC gateway server to:
• receive a user request, the user request including a self-descriptive message that includes an identifier of an operation and an identifier of at least one network element to perform the operation on;
• identify a network element operating as a master network element;
• and
• send a first message to the identified master network element, the first message to cause the master network element to select a precompiled interface description language (IDL) adapter corresponding with a network element associated with the identifier of the at least one network element, and to cause the master network element to send at least one message to the network element based on the selected IDL adapter and the operation.