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US 11,456,815 B2Granted
Deterministic dynamic network traffic shaping
AssigneeSK3W Technologies Inc.
InventorsJamie Aaron Brown, Stephen Russell McWhirter, Elya Joseph Kapelyan, Craig John Mohan
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for deterministic dynamic shaping of traffic of a communication network are provided.
Claims20
A system for controlling a communication network comprising a plurality of network communication nodes and a plurality of media links, the system comprising:
- a first active ranging device;
- and
- a first passive optical coupler device, wherein:
- the first active ranging device comprises:
- a first ranging device (“RD”) port operative to be communicatively coupled to a first communication network node of the plurality of network communication nodes by a first media link of the plurality of media links;
- and
- a second RD port operative to be communicatively coupled to the first passive optical coupler device by a second media link of the plurality of media links;
- the first passive optical coupler device comprises:
- a first optical coupler (“OC”) port operative to be communicatively coupled to a second communication network node of the plurality of network communication nodes by a third media link of the plurality of media links;
- and
- a second OC port operative to be communicatively coupled to the second RD port by the second media link;
- the first active ranging device further comprises a first user traffic channel operative to communicatively couple the first RD port to the second RD port;
- the first active ranging device further comprises a first ranging traffic channel operative to communicatively couple a first ranging channel calculator (“RCC”) of the first active ranging device to the second RD port;
- and
- the first passive optical coupler device further comprises:
- a first optical splitter;
- and
- a first optical combiner, wherein:
- the first optical splitter is operative to split first output RD data received by the second OC port into first RD user traffic data for the first OC port and first output ranging signal traffic data for the first optical combiner;
- and
- the first optical combiner is operative to combine the first output ranging signal traffic data from the first optical splitter and end user traffic data from the first OC port into first input RD data for the second OC port.
18 more elements
A system for controlling a communication network comprising a plurality of network communication nodes and a plurality of media links, the system comprising:
- an active ranging device;
- a first passive optical coupler device;
- and
- a second passive optical coupler device, wherein:
- the active ranging device comprises:
- a first ranging device (“RD”) port operative to be communicatively coupled to a first communication network node of the plurality of network communication nodes by a first media link of the plurality of media links;
- a second RD port operative to be communicatively coupled to the first passive optical coupler device by a second media link of the plurality of media links;
- a third port operative to be communicatively coupled to a third communication network node of the plurality of network communication nodes by a fourth media link of the plurality of media links;
- and
- a fourth RD port operative to be communicatively coupled to the second passive optical coupler device by a fifth media link of the plurality of media links;
- the first passive optical coupler device comprises
- a first optical coupler (“OC”) port operative to be communicatively coupled to a second communication network node of the plurality of network communication nodes by a third media link of the plurality of media links;
- and
- a second OC port operative to be communicatively coupled to the second RD port by the second media link;
- the second passive optical coupler device comprises:
- a third OC port operative to be communicatively coupled to a fourth communication network node of the plurality of network communication nodes by a sixth media link of the plurality of media links;
- and
- a fourth OC port operative to be communicatively coupled to the fourth RD port by the fifth media link;
- the active ranging device further comprises:
- a first user traffic channel operative to communicatively couple the first RD port to the second RD port;
- a second user traffic channel operative to communicatively couple the third RD port to the fourth RD port;
- and
- a ranging traffic channel operative to alternate between:
- communicatively coupling a ranging channel calculator (“RCC”) of the active ranging device to the second RD port for transmitting a first ranging signal to the first passive optical coupler device via the second media link and receiving the first ranging signal back from the first passive optical coupler device via the second media link;
- and
- communicatively coupling the RCC to the fourth RD port for transmitting a second ranging signal to the second passive optical coupler device via the fifth media link and receiving the second ranging signal back from the second passive optical coupler device via the fifth media link.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.