Method of allocating bandwidth in an optical network
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- in response to receiving a request from an entity, determining an amount of bandwidth available for each one of a first plurality of optical links, whereina network comprises a second plurality of optical links,said determining is performed by a distributed management architecture of said network,said distributed management architecture uses an automatic provisioning protocol,said network further comprises a plurality of nodes,each one of said plurality of nodes is coupled to at least one other of said nodes by at least one of said second plurality of optical links, andsaid second plurality of optical links comprises said first plurality of optical links; and
providing at least a portion of said amount of said bandwidth for said each one of said first plurality of optical links to said entity, if each of said at least said portion of said amount of said bandwidth for said each one of said first plurality of optical links are sufficient to meet a requested amount of bandwidth requested by said request, whereinsaid automatic provisioning protocol is configured to effect said determining and said providing by virtue of being configured to dynamically provision a virtual path over said first plurality of optical links.
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Abstract
A method is provided to allocate bandwidth from a first node to a second node in a optical network. The method begins by accepting a request from an end-user, who requests a virtual path between the first node and the second node. The first and second nodes are ones of a number of such nodes. Each one of the nodes is coupled to at least one other node by at least one of a number of optical links. The nodes and links form the optical network. The virtual path has a bandwidth requirement associated therewith. Next, the service provider determines an amount of bandwidth available between the first and the second nodes. The service provider then allocates at least a portion of the amount of bandwidth available between the first and second nodes equal to the bandwidth requirement, so long as the bandwidth requirement is not greater than the amount of bandwidth available between the first and second nodes.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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in response to receiving a request from an entity, determining an amount of bandwidth available for each one of a first plurality of optical links, wherein a network comprises a second plurality of optical links, said determining is performed by a distributed management architecture of said network, said distributed management architecture uses an automatic provisioning protocol, said network further comprises a plurality of nodes, each one of said plurality of nodes is coupled to at least one other of said nodes by at least one of said second plurality of optical links, and said second plurality of optical links comprises said first plurality of optical links; and providing at least a portion of said amount of said bandwidth for said each one of said first plurality of optical links to said entity, if each of said at least said portion of said amount of said bandwidth for said each one of said first plurality of optical links are sufficient to meet a requested amount of bandwidth requested by said request, wherein said automatic provisioning protocol is configured to effect said determining and said providing by virtue of being configured to dynamically provision a virtual path over said first plurality of optical links. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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in response to receiving a request from an entity, determining an amount of bandwidth available for each one of a first plurality of optical links wherein a network comprises a second plurality of optical links, said determining is performed by a distributed management architecture of said network, said distributed management architecture uses an automatic provisioning protocol, said network further comprises a plurality of nodes, each one of said plurality of nodes is coupled to at least one other of said nodes by at least one of said second plurality of optical links, and said second plurality of optical links comprises said first plurality of optical links; and providing at least a portion of said amount of said bandwidth for said each one of said first plurality of optical links to said entity, if each of said at least said portion of said amount of said bandwidth for said each one of said first plurality of optical links are sufficient to meet a requested amount of bandwidth requested by said request, wherein said automatic provisioning protocol is configured to effect said determining and said providing by virtue of being configured to dynamically provision a virtual path over said first plurality of optical links. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
allocating bandwidth in a network, wherein said network comprises a plurality of nodes, each one of said nodes is coupled to at least one other of said nodes by at least one of a plurality of optical links, and said allocating comprises determining an available link bandwidth for at least one of said optical links, wherein said determining is performed in response to receiving a bid from at least one entity, said determining is performed by a distributed management architecture of said network, and said distributed management architecture uses an automatic provisioning protocol, and dynamically provisioning a virtual path over said at least one of said optical links, wherein said automatic provisioning protocol is configured to effect said determining and said dynamic provisioning. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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