Lane scrambling over network communication channels

A method comprising:

• configuring a first selector associated with a transmitter according to a first configuration, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit deserialized data to the first selector for transmission as a set of data streams to a receiver, and wherein the first configuration defines an assignment of each data stream of the set of data streams to a corresponding lane of a plurality of lanes for transmission;
• wherein data is transmitted from the first selector to a second selector via a plurality of lanes, and
• configuring a second selector associated with the receiver according to the first configuration,
• wherein the set of data streams transmitted via the plurality of lanes according to the first configuration of the first selector is re-ordered via the second selector configuration according to the first configuration to form the deserialized data for serialization by the receiver.

A system, the system comprising:

• a first selector associated with a transmitter operatively coupled to a communication network;
• a second selector associated with a receiver operatively coupled to the communication network;
• wherein the first selector and the second selector are configured to direct transmission of data therebetween via a plurality of lanes, and
• a permutation shift orchestrator (PSO) operatively coupled to the communication network, wherein the PSO comprises a processor and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the PSO to:
• configure the first selector according to a first configuration, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit deserialized data to the first selector for transmission as a set of data streams to the second selector, and wherein the first configuration defines an assignment of each data stream of the set of data streams to a corresponding lane of a plurality of lanes for transmission;
• and
• configure the second selector according to the first configuration,
• wherein the set of data streams transmitted via the plurality of lanes according to the first configuration of the first selector is re-ordered via the second selector configured according to the first configuration to form the deserialized data for serialization by the receiver.

An optical network comprising:

• at least one optical transmitter element;
• at least one optical receiver element;
• at least one optical switch disposed in an optical path between the at least one optical transmitter element and the at least one optical receiver element,
• wherein the at least one optical switch is configured to communicate with a permutation shift orchestrator, and
• wherein the permutation shift orchestrator is configured to:
• configure the optical switch according to a first configuration, wherein the optical transmitter element is configured to transmit deserialized data to the optical switch for transmission as a set of data streams, wherein the first configuration defines an assignment of each data stream of the set of data streams to a corresponding lane of a plurality of lanes for transmission.