METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF AN OPTICAL NETWORK ELEMENT
First Claim
1. An optical network element comprising:
- optical modules each having multiple fibres;
at least one fibre shuffle interconnector having ports to which said optical modules are connected; and
a configuration unit which performs an automatic configuration of said optical network element by controlling the optical modules connected to said fibre shuffle interconnector to transmit a fibre identifier associated with a fibre of the respective optical module to the respective port of said fibre shuffle interconnector to which said optical module is connected, wherein said fibre shuffle interconnector forwards the received fibre identifier via another port of said fibre shuffle interconnector to another optical module of said optical network element which detects said forwarded fibre identifier being monitored by said configuration unit to generate a connectivity matrix indicating the connection of said optical modules to said fibre shuffle interconnector on the basis of the detected fibre identifiers.
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Abstract
A method for automatic confirmation of an optical network element optical modules each having multiple fibres; a fibre shuffle interconnector having ports to which said optical modules are connected; and a configuration unit which performs an automatic configuration of said optical network element by controlling all optical modules connected to said fibre shuffle interconnector to transmit a fibre identifier associated with a fibre of the respective optical module to the respective port of said fibre shuffle interconnector to which said optical module is connected, wherein said fibre shuffle interconnector forwards the received fibre identifier via another port of said fibre shuffle interconnector to another optical module of said optical network element which detects said forwarded fibre identifier being monitored by said configuration unit to generate a connectivity matrix indicating the connection of said optical modules to said fibre shuffle interconnector on the basis of the detected fibre identifiers.
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1. An optical network element comprising:
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optical modules each having multiple fibres; at least one fibre shuffle interconnector having ports to which said optical modules are connected; and a configuration unit which performs an automatic configuration of said optical network element by controlling the optical modules connected to said fibre shuffle interconnector to transmit a fibre identifier associated with a fibre of the respective optical module to the respective port of said fibre shuffle interconnector to which said optical module is connected, wherein said fibre shuffle interconnector forwards the received fibre identifier via another port of said fibre shuffle interconnector to another optical module of said optical network element which detects said forwarded fibre identifier being monitored by said configuration unit to generate a connectivity matrix indicating the connection of said optical modules to said fibre shuffle interconnector on the basis of the detected fibre identifiers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for automatic configuration of an optical network element comprising optical modules each having multiple fibres,
said optical modules being connected by means of a fibre shuffle interconnector, wherein said method comprises the steps of: -
(a) transmitting for all provided optical modules of said optical network element a fibre identifier associated with a fibre of the respective optical module to a port of said fibre shuffle interconnector which forwards the received fibre identifier via another port to another optical module of said optical network element which detects said forwarded fibre identifier; and (b) generating a connectivity matrix indicating the connection of said optical modules to said fibre shuffle interconnector on the basis of the detected fibre identifier. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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