Apparatus, system, and method for ordering and provisioning variable bandwidth capacity on a network
AssigneeLevel 3 Communications, LLC
InventorsKelly R. Crosby, Benjamin W. Garrard, Jeff King, Scott A. Nusz, Monisha Merchant
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Abstract
Systems and methods for automatic purchasing, reserving and/or provisioning of a wavelength bandwidth block are disclosed. A user may access a web page, such as an interactive web-portal, to provide bandwidth data and corresponding ordering information for reserving a particular amount of bandwidth capacity on a telecommunications network. Subsequently, the customer's may access and the bandwidth blocks to increase/decrease and/or activate/deactivate portions of the reserved bandwidth capacity as needed.
Claims16
A system for providing bandwidth comprising:
- a first network node server comprising:
- at least one line-side port to communicate data at a maximum bandwidth capacity on a network;
- and
- a plurality of tributary ports, each tributary port of the plurality of tributary ports for communicating the data at a percentage of the maximum bandwidth capacity;
- and
- at least one processor to:
- receive input to reserve the maximum bandwidth capacity on the network;
- process the input to generate a reservation for communicating data by:
- assigning the maximum bandwidth capacity to the at least one line-side capacity port;
- and
- assigning the percentage of the maximum bandwidth capacity to at least one of the plurality of tributary ports.
A system for providing bandwidth comprising:
- a first network node server comprising:
- at least one line-side port to communicate data at a maximum bandwidth capacity on a network;
- and
- a plurality of tributary ports, each tributary port of the plurality of tributary ports for communicating the data at a percentage of the maximum bandwidth capacity;
- and
- a second network node server comprising:
- at least one other line-side port to communicate the data at the maximum bandwidth capacity on the network;
- and
- at least one processor to:
- receive input to reserve the maximum bandwidth capacity on the network;
- process the input to generate a reservation for communicating data between the first network node server and the second network node server by:
- assigning the maximum bandwidth capacity to the at least one line-side capacity port;
- and
- assigning the percentage of the maximum bandwidth capacity to at least one of the plurality of tributary ports.
A method for reserving bandwidth comprising:
- receiving, at a processor, input to reserve a maximum bandwidth capacity on a network;
- processing, at the at least one processor, the input to generate a reservation for communicating data with a network node server within the network by:
- assigning a maximum bandwidth capacity to at least one line-side capacity port;
- and
- assigning the percentage of the maximum bandwidth capacity to at least one of the plurality of tributary ports, wherein the network node server comprises the at least one line-side port and the plurality of tributary ports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.