Optical network with selective mode switching
First Claim
1. A method for communicating optical traffic in a network comprising a plurality of network nodes, the method comprising:
- receiving traffic to be added to the network at a network node, the network operable to communicate received traffic in an optical signal comprising one or more channels;
determining a data rate and one or more destination nodes of the received traffic;
assigning the received traffic to one or more of the channels of the optical signal based on the determined data rate and the one or more destination nodes;
configuring one or more of the network nodes to process the traffic contained in the assigned channels based on the data rate and the one or more destination nodes of the optical traffic; and
communicating the traffic through network in the assigned channels of the optical signal based on the determined data rate and the one or more destination nodes.
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Abstract
A method for communicating optical traffic in a network comprising a plurality of network nodes includes receiving traffic to be added to the network at a network node. The network is operable to communicate received traffic in an optical signal comprising one or more channels. The method also includes determining a data rate and one or more destination nodes of the received traffic and assigning the received traffic to one or more of the channels of the optical signal based on the determined data rate and the destination nodes. The method further includes configuring one or more of the network nodes to process the traffic contained in the assigned channels based on the data rate and the destination nodes of the optical traffic and communicating the traffic through network in the assigned channels of the optical signal based on the determined data rate and the one or more destination nodes.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for communicating optical traffic in a network comprising a plurality of network nodes, the method comprising:
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receiving traffic to be added to the network at a network node, the network operable to communicate received traffic in an optical signal comprising one or more channels;
determining a data rate and one or more destination nodes of the received traffic;
assigning the received traffic to one or more of the channels of the optical signal based on the determined data rate and the one or more destination nodes;
configuring one or more of the network nodes to process the traffic contained in the assigned channels based on the data rate and the one or more destination nodes of the optical traffic; and
communicating the traffic through network in the assigned channels of the optical signal based on the determined data rate and the one or more destination nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An optical network operable to communicate traffic in an optical signal in one or more channels, the network comprising:
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a plurality of network nodes operable to;
receive traffic to be added to the network at the node; and
communicate the received traffic through the network in the optical signal based on a data rate of the received traffic and one or more nodes for which the received traffic is destined; and
a network management system operable to;
determine the data rate of the received traffic;
determine the one or more destination nodes of the received traffic;
assign the received traffic to the one or more channels of the optical signal based on the determined data rate and the one or more destination nodes of the received traffic; and
configure one or more of the nodes on the network to process the traffic contained in the assigned channels based on the determined data rate and the one or more destination nodes of the received traffic. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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