Method and apparatus for a restoration network with dynamic activation of pre-deployed network resources

A capacity control engine operable for use with an optical network comprising a plurality of users having a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to:

• track license usage data and license purchase data for each user of the plurality of users;
• store license usage data and license purchase data;
• and,
• coordinate use of licenses based on a network state such that upon receiving a notification of creation of a restored path due to the network state showing a failed path and a protection path, each license used by the failed path being released to an unused license pool and each license required by the restored path is selected from the unused license pool,
• wherein the computer executable code executed by the processor further causes the processor to:
• provide, to a user of the plurality of users, real-time reconciliation of license entitlement and network usage, the real-time reconciliation of license entitlement being a calculation of a quantity of licenses purchased by the user compared to a quantity of licenses needed for both the protection path and the restored path,
• wherein tracking license usage data and license purchase data for each user of the plurality of users and storing license usage data and license purchase data is performed by a data collector, the data collector having a processor and computer executable non-transitory memory storing computer executable code that when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
• collect the network state for the optical network as bandwidth utilization data, the network state being data representing a working path including identifiers for two or more nodes on the working path and identifiers for one or more fiber line on the working path, the protection path including identifiers for two or more nodes on the protection path and identifiers for one or more fiber line on the protection path, an indicator identifying whether the working path or the protection path is a failed path, and, if the indicator indicates a failed path is present, the restored path including identifiers for two or more nodes on the restored path and identifiers for one or more fiber line on the restored path;
• retrieve license purchase data from a license store component;
• and,
• store the bandwidth utilization data and license purchase data.