Ciena Corporation
Virtualized sections for sectional control of optical links
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Abstract:
Systems and methods include receiving first power snapshot from a receiving end of a foreign controlled link of the one or more foreign controlled optical links when there are no faults thereon; responsive to obtaining second power snapshot from the receiving end of the foreign controlled link, detecting a fault on one of at least one channel and part of the spectrum traversing the foreign controlled link; correlating the second power snapshot with the first power snapshots; and raising an indication of fault for the foreign controlled link based on the correlating.
Status:
Grant
Type:
Utility
Filling date:
1 Jul 2021
Issue date:
13 Sep 2022