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