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US 2020/0007236 A1Published application
Multi-layer system optimization
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsGagan Choudhury, Kathleen Meier-Hellstern, Alvin Goddard, Narayan Padi, Simon Tse, Tzuu-Yi Wang, Kathleen Tse, Martin Birk
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Abstract
A software-defined network multi-layer controller (SDN-MLC) may communicate with multiple layers of a telecommunication network. The SDN-MLC may have an optimization algorithm that helps manage, in near real-time, the multiple layers of the telecommunication network.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled with the processor, the memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- obtaining multiple layer information associated with multiple layers of a telecommunications network, the multiple layer information comprising optical layer information or router layer information;
- based on the multiple layer information, determining that an outage has occurred in the telecommunications network, wherein the outage is associated with a first tail comprising a first router port and a first transponder, wherein the first router port is connected with the first transponder via a dynamic fiber cross connect;
- based on the determined outage, determining a configuration of a second tail to resolve the outage;
- and
- based on the determining of the configuration of the second tail, sending a message to the dynamic fiber cross connect in order to implement the configuration.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining, by a device, multiple layer information associated with multiple layers of a telecommunications network, the multiple layer information comprising optical layer information or router layer information;
- based on the multiple layer information, determining, by the device, that an outage has occurred in the telecommunications network, wherein the outage is associated with a first tail comprising a first router port and a first transponder, wherein the first router port is connected with the first transponder via a dynamic fiber cross connect;
- based on the determined outage, determining, by the device, a configuration of a second tail to resolve the outage;
- and
- based on the determining of the configuration of the second tail, sending, by the device, a message to the dynamic fiber cross connect in order to implement the configuration.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled with the processor, the memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
- obtaining multiple layer information associated with multiple layers of a telecommunications network, the multiple layer information comprising optical layer information or router layer information;
- forecasting a network condition based on machine learning that uses the multiple layer information;
- based on the forecast, determining that the network condition may be avoided based on configuration changes of the telecommunications network;
- and
- based on the determining of the configuration changes, sending a message to a device in order to implement the configuration changes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.