System, device, and method for managing connection establishment and related services in an optical communication system
First Claim
1. An optical service agent stored in a computer readable medium at an optical switched router, the optical service agent operable when executed to manage connection establishment and related services for a user in an optical communication network, the optical service agent comprising:
- a user-to-network interface (UNI) for interfacing with the optical communication network wherein the optical communication network comprises an automatically switched optical/transport network (ASON), and wherein the UNI comprises an ASON UNI;
authentication logic for controlling access by the user to the UNI;
a peer-to-peer interface for interfacing with peer users including logic for discovering peer optical service agent enabled users associated with optical devices capable of providing optical services and their associated bearer channel identifiers; and
optical service logic stored in the computer readable medium, coupled to the UNI and the peer-to-peer interface, and operable when executed to manage the optical communication network in accordance with said connection establishment and related services requested by the user the optical service logic comprising modeling logic for modeling at least one connection for the user including;
logic for interacting with the optical communication network to obtain information relating to a portion of a connection traversing the optical communication network;
logic for interacting with multiple providers to obtain multiple quotes for communication services;
logic for negotiating with one or more providers to obtain favorable terms for the user;
logic for interacting with the peer users via the peer-to-peer interface for obtaining information relating to a portion of a connection beyond the optical communication networklogic for compiling information relating to a portion of a connection on a user side of the optical communication network; and
logic for presenting a modeled connection to the user in a form that is convenient for the user to evaluate the connection.
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Abstract
A system, device, and method for managing connection establishment and related services in an optical communication system uses an optical service agent to manage the connection establishment and related services on behalf of a user. The optical service agent may negotiate various connection and connection-related services, model connections, reserve communication services, establish connections on behalf of the user, and aggregate multiple optical communication paths over a connection, to name but a few. The optical service agent may interact with an optical communication network and/or various peer users in order to obtain and reserve communication services.
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31 Claims
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1. An optical service agent stored in a computer readable medium at an optical switched router, the optical service agent operable when executed to manage connection establishment and related services for a user in an optical communication network, the optical service agent comprising:
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a user-to-network interface (UNI) for interfacing with the optical communication network wherein the optical communication network comprises an automatically switched optical/transport network (ASON), and wherein the UNI comprises an ASON UNI; authentication logic for controlling access by the user to the UNI; a peer-to-peer interface for interfacing with peer users including logic for discovering peer optical service agent enabled users associated with optical devices capable of providing optical services and their associated bearer channel identifiers; and optical service logic stored in the computer readable medium, coupled to the UNI and the peer-to-peer interface, and operable when executed to manage the optical communication network in accordance with said connection establishment and related services requested by the user the optical service logic comprising modeling logic for modeling at least one connection for the user including; logic for interacting with the optical communication network to obtain information relating to a portion of a connection traversing the optical communication network; logic for interacting with multiple providers to obtain multiple quotes for communication services; logic for negotiating with one or more providers to obtain favorable terms for the user; logic for interacting with the peer users via the peer-to-peer interface for obtaining information relating to a portion of a connection beyond the optical communication network logic for compiling information relating to a portion of a connection on a user side of the optical communication network; and logic for presenting a modeled connection to the user in a form that is convenient for the user to evaluate the connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An optical switched router comprising:
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a user application requesting a communication service from an optical communication network comprising an automatically switched optical/transport network (ASON); an optical service agent stored in a computer readable medium of the optical switch router and operable when executed to manage connection establishment and related services for the user application to obtain the communication service, wherein the optical service agent comprises; a user-to-network interface (UNI) for interfacing with the optical communication network wherein the UNI comprises an ASON UNI; authentication logic for controlling access by the user to the UNI; a peer-to-peer interface for interfacing with peer users including logic for discovering peer optical service agent enabled users associated with optical devices capable of providing optical services and their associated bearer channel identifiers; and optical service logic stored on the computer readable medium and operable when executed to interact with the optical communication network via the UNI and with the peer users via the peer-to-peer interface for managing said connection establishment and related services for the user application wherein the optical service logic comprises modeling logic for modeling at least one connection for the user including; logic for interacting with the optical communication network to obtain information relating to a portion of a connection traversing the optical communication network; logic for interacting with multiple providers to obtain multiple quotes for communication services; logic for negotiating with one or more providers to obtain favorable terms for the user; logic for interacting with the peer users via the peer-to-peer interface for obtaining information relating to a portion of a connection beyond the optical communication network logic for compiling information relating to a portion of a connection on a user side of the optical communication network; and logic for presenting a modeled connection to the user in a form that is convenient for the user to evaluate the connection. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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an optical communication network comprising an automatically switched optical/transport network (ASON); a first network user coupled to the optical communication network, wherein the first network user comprises an optical service agent stored on a computer readable medium of an optical switched router of the first network user and comprising a user-to-network interface (UNI) and a peer-to-peer interface, wherein the UNI comprises an ASON UNI and the peer-to-peer interface includes logic for discovering peer optical service agent enabled users associated with optical devices capable of providing optical services and their associated bearer channel identifiers, the optical service agent including authentication logic for controlling access by the user to the UNI; the optical services agent operable when executed to obtain optical communication services from the optical communication network via the user-to-network interface (UNI) and to manage connection establishment and related services for the first network user wherein the optical services agent comprises modeling logic for modeling at least one connection for the user including; logic for interacting with the optical communication network to obtain information relating to a portion of a connection traversing the optical communication network; logic for interacting with multiple providers to obtain multiple quotas for communication services; logic for negotiating with one or more providers to obtain favorable terms for the user; logic for interacting with the peer users via the peer-to-peer interface for obtaining information relating to a portion of a connection beyond the optical communication network logic for compiling information relating to a portion of a connection on a user side of the optical communication network; and logic for presenting a modeled connection to the user in a form that is convenient for the user to evaluate the connection. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for managing communication establishment and related services for a user in an optical communication system by an optical services agent stored in a computer readable medium of an optically switched router, wherein the optical communication network comprises an automatically switched optical/transport network (ASON), the optical services agent comprising a user-to-network interface (UNI) and a peer-to-peer interface, wherein the UNI comprises an ASON UNI and the peer-to-peer interface includes logic for discovering peer optical service agent enabled users associated with optical devices capable of providing optical services and their associated bearer channels, the method comprising at least one of:
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negotiating various connection and connection-related services on behalf of the user including authenticating the user; modeling at least one connection for the user including interacting with an optical communication network to obtain information relating to a portion of a connection traversing the optical communication network, interacting with peer users to obtain information relating to a portion of the connection beyond the optical communication network;
compiling information relating to a portion of the connection on a user side of the optical communication network; and
presenting a modeled connection to the user in a form that is convenient for the user to evaluate the connection;reserving connection and connection-related services for the user with the discovered peer optical service agent enabled users at one or more desired bearer channels; establishing a connection for the user; and aggregating multiple optical communication paths over a connection. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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