Systems and methods for policy-based intelligent provisioning of optical transport bandwidth

A system comprising:

• a first layer operation support subsystem configured to manage network elements associated with a first network layer;
• at least one client device in communication with at least one network element associated with at least one additional network layer, the at least one additional network layer being a higher layer than the first network layer and the at least one client device being configured to generate a service request;
• and
• wherein the first layer operation support subsystem is configured to receive the service request, and to execute the request to allocate bandwidth resources in accordance with the service request based upon a service logic associated with the service request.

A method comprising:

• generating, by at least one client device, a service request that invokes provisioning of a first network layer;
• sending the service request to a first layer operation support subsystem configured to manage network elements associated with the first network layer;
• retrieving a report generated by the first layer operation support subsystem indicating a success or a failure of the provisioning of the first network layer;
• and
• determining the success or failure of the provisioning of the first network layer based at least in part on the report received;
• wherein the at least one client device is in communication with at least one network element associated with at least one additional network layer, wherein the at least one additional network layer is a higher layer than the first network layer.