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USING FLOATING TRANSPORT CARD FOR BEST EFFORT TRAFFIC

  • US 20150117851A1
  • Filed: 12/29/2014
  • Published: 04/30/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • monitoring an optical network that is configured for a required bandwidth,wherein the optical network includes multiple optical nodes and a plurality of light paths between the multiple optical nodes, andwherein the multiple optical nodes include transport cards with a majority of the transport cards provisioned as active cards to receive a traffic load of up to full capacity of the transport cards, and with a minority of the transport cards provisioned as floating spare cards for the active cards;

    identifying, by a network management device, an unused first floating spare card and an unused second floating spare card in a pair of the multiple optical nodes; and

    automatically provisioning, by the network management device, the first floating spare card and the second floating spare card to service a light path for best-effort traffic between the pair of the multiple optical nodes.

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