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US 2006/0067236 A1Published application
Determining and provisioning paths in a network
OwnerSanyogita Guptainventor
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A network provisioning system for establishing a path between two networks is disclosed wherein a common network device between those networks is modeled as a link between a first network element in one network and a second network element in a second network. A network routing graph is created by an inventory subsystem in a routing manager by inventorying the physical network elements and links in the network. The inventory subsystem then models those elements/links as a plurality of nodes and links between the nodes. At least one common network device, such as a digital cross connect connecting the two networks, is modeled as a link instead of a node. A routing engine then uses the network routing graph, including the link modeled from the common network device, to provision a path between the networks.
A network provisioning system for establishing a path between at least a first network element and at least a second network element, said at least a first network element and said at least a second network element being interconnected through a common network device, said system comprising:
A routing manager for provisioning paths for network traffic between a plurality of network elements in one or more networks wherein at least a first common network device is disposed between a first network element in said plurality of network elements and a second network element in said plurality of network elements, said routing manager comprising:
A method for routing network traffic between a first network and a second network, each of said first and second networks comprising a plurality of network elements, said plurality of network elements connected by a digital cross connect, said method comprising the steps of:
A method for determining a path between a first network element in a first network and a second network element in a second network, said first network connected to said second network via a common network device, each of said networks comprising a plurality of network elements and a plurality of network links, said method comprising the steps of:
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