Consolidated ethernet optical network and apparatus
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1. An optical network comprising:
- a network node operable to access an aggregation layer and a core layer;
a first output of the network node operable to output core layer traffic to a core layer node; and
a second output of the network node operable to output aggregation layer traffic to an aggregation layer node.
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Abstract
A consolidated optical Ethernet network and apparatus are disclosed. In one form a network device includes an aggregation layer access interface operable to access an aggregation layer and a core layer access interface provided in combination with the aggregation layer access interface and operable to access a core layer. The device may be provided within a Multiprotocol Label Switching based Ethernet Optical Network (EON) as a network switch and may allow for efficient access to multiple layers of a network communicating information within the EON.
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47 Claims
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1. An optical network comprising:
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a network node operable to access an aggregation layer and a core layer;
a first output of the network node operable to output core layer traffic to a core layer node; and
a second output of the network node operable to output aggregation layer traffic to an aggregation layer node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of processing information within a network comprising:
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accessing an aggregation layer using a network node;
accessing a core layer using the network node;
switching at least a portion of core layer traffic using the network node; and
routing at least a portion of aggregation layer traffic using the network node. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable medium having computer-readable data operable to:
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access an aggregation layer using a network node;
access a core layer using the network node;
perform a core layer switching function using the network node; and
perform an aggregation layer routing function using the network node. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A network device comprising:
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an aggregation layer access interface operable to access an aggregation layer; and
a core layer access interface provided in combination with the aggregation layer access interface and operable to access a core layer. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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