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US 9,520,960 B2Granted
Optical multiplex level and optical channel layer server trails in wavelength switched optical networks
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorDavid Bianchi
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Abstract
An optical network packet configured to transmit over an optical communication link from a first optical network having a first control plane to a second optical network having a second control plane is generated. Generating the optical network packet comprises generating the packet configured to be transmitted from the first optical network to the second optical network in the optical domain.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- generating an optical network packet configured to transmit over an optical communication link from a first optical network having a first control plane to a second optical network having a second control plane;
- wherein generating the network packet further comprises generating the packet configured to be transmitted from the first optical network to the second optical network in an optical multiplex section of an optical transport network domain without undergoing demultiplexing at an edge of the first optical network.
A method comprising:
- establishing an optical transmission link between a first optical network having a first control plane and a second optical network having a second control plane;
- configuring the optical transmission link to transmit optical packets from the first optical network to the second optical network in an optical multiplex section transmission link of an optical domain;
- receiving an optical network packet in the optical domain from the first optical network;
- and
- transmitting the optical network packet to the second optical network in the optical domain without demultiplexing the optical packet.
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An apparatus comprising:
- at least one input optical port;
- at least one output optical port;
- and
- a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
- establish an optical transmission link between a first optical network having a first control plane and a second optical network having a second control plane;
- configure the optical transmission link to transmit optical packets from the first optical network to the second optical network in an optical multiplex section transmission link of an optical domain;
- cause an optical network packet in the optical domain to be received from the first optical network through the at least one input optical port;
- and
- cause the optical network packet to be transmitted to the second optical network in the optical domain through the output optical port without demultiplexing the optical network packet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.