Method and apparatus for monetizing a carrier network

• US 9,838,273 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2013
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ciena Corporation
• Original Assignee: Ciena Corporation
• Inventors: Htay, Aung, Kore, Mallikarjunappa, Jung, Cheol Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Gills, Kurtis
• Application Number:
  US14/019,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20150063800A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,552 Days
• Field of Search: 705 711
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0257 Wavelength assignment algorithms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/145 involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5029 Service quality level-based billing, e.g. dependent on measured service level customer is charged more or less
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0066 Provisions for optical burst or packet networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2011/0079 Operation or maintenance aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2011/0086 Network resource allocation, dimensioning or optimisation

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for monetizing a carrier network are provided. In an example, a wavelength service is captured from deployed network assets in a carrier network. A revenue factor (R), a capital expenditure factor (C), an operational expenditure factor (O), and a service level agreement factor (S) are selected from an analytic profile of the carrier network based on the wavelength service requirements. The R, C, O, and S factors are hexadecimal numbers, and can be weighted relative to each other. An index is calculated by concatenating the R, C, O, and S factors a prioritized order and converting the resultant hexadecimal number into a decimal number. The calculated index is assigned to the wavelength service. The index can be displayed, along with indices for other wavelengths on other paths, to a user in a graphical form.

Claims

1. A method for configuring a carrier optical network, implemented in a management system comprising a processor, comprising:

receiving data describing wavelength services from deployed network equipment comprising the carrier optical network with network elements providing the wavelength services, wherein each network element is configured to communicate optical layer operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&

P) data from the network equipment to the management system, and wherein the data is received from an element management system associated with one of a plurality of vendors of the network elements;

responsive to a request for a wavelength service, selecting a revenue factor (R), a capital expenditure factor (C), an operational expenditure factor (O), and a service level agreement factor (S) from an equipment profile of the network equipment in the carrier optical network based on the OAM&

P data, wherein R, C, O, and S are numbers obtained by converting OAM&

P data values and are used to describe the network elements for the plurality of vendors of the network elements;

calculating an index by concatenating R, C, O, and S in a prioritized order and converting the number into a decimal number;

assigning the index to the wavelength service; and

assigning the wavelength service to the network elements based on the index such that the R, C, O, and S for the wavelength service is achieved and deploying a wavelength based on the assigning through the network elements to provide the wavelength service.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising relatively weighting at least one of R, C, O, and S prior to performing the calculating.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising using a default analytic profile in the selecting the R, C, O, and S factors.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the index to a user in a graphical form.

5. An apparatus for configuring a carrier optical network, comprising

a processor configured to:

receive data describing wavelength services from deployed network equipment comprising the carrier optical network with network elements providing the wavelength services, wherein each network element is configured to communicate optical layer operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&

P) data from the network equipment to a management system, and wherein the data is received from an element management system associated with one of a plurality of vendors of the network elements;

responsive to a request for a wavelength service, select a revenue factor (R), a capital expenditure factor (C), an operational expenditure factor (O), and a service level agreement factor (S) from an equipment profile of the network equipment in the carrier optical network based on the OAM&

P data, wherein R, C, O, and S are numbers obtained by converting OAM&

P data values and are used to describe the network elements for the plurality of vendors of the network elements;

calculate an index by concatenating R, C, O, and S in a prioritized order and converting the number into a decimal number;

assign the index to the wavelength service; and

assign the wavelength service to the network elements based on the index such that the R, C, O, and S for the wavelength service is achieved and a wavelength is deployed accordingly through the network elements to provide the wavelength service.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to relatively weight at least one of R, C, O, and S prior to performing the calculating.

7. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to use a default analytic profile in the selecting the R, C, O, and S factors.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to display the index to a user in a graphical form.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a processor, cause the processor to execute a method, implemented in a management system, comprising:

receiving data describing wavelength services from deployed network equipment comprising a carrier optical network with network elements providing the wavelength services, wherein each network element is configured to communicate optical layer operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&

P) data from the network equipment to the management system, and wherein the data is received from an element management system associated with one of a plurality of vendors of the network elements;

responsive to a request for a wavelength service, selecting a revenue factor (R), a capital expenditure factor (C), an operational expenditure factor (O), and a service level agreement factor (S) from an equipment profile of the network equipment in the carrier optical network based on the OAM&

P data, wherein R, C, O, and S are numbers obtained by converting OAM&

P data values and are used to describe the network elements for the plurality of vendors of the network elements;

calculating an index by concatenating R, C, O, and S in a prioritized order and converting the number into a decimal number;

assigning the index to the wavelength service; and

assigning the wavelength service to the network elements based on the index such that the R, C, O, and S for the wavelength service is achieved and deploying a wavelength based on the assigning through the network elements to provide the wavelength service.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises relatively weighting at least one of R, C, O, and S prior to performing the calculating.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises using a default analytic profile in the selecting the R, C, O, and S factors.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises displaying the index to a user in a graphical form.

13. A carrier optical network, comprising:

a plurality of interconnected sites configured to support one or more wavelength services from deployed network equipment; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the deployed network equipment and configured to;

receive data describing the wavelength services from the deployed network equipment comprising the carrier optical network with network elements providing the wavelength services, wherein each network element is configured to communicate optical layer operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&

P) data from the network equipment to a management system, and wherein the data is received from an element management system associated with one of a plurality of vendors of the network elements;

responsive to a request for a wavelength service, select a revenue factor (R), a capital expenditure factor (C), an operational expenditure factor (O), and a service level agreement factor (S) from an equipment profile of the network equipment in the carrier optical network based on the OAM&

P data, wherein R, C, O, and S are numbers obtained by converting OAM&

P data values and are used to describe the network elements for the plurality of vendors of the network elements;

calculate an index by concatenating R, C, O, and S in a prioritized order and converting the number into a decimal number;

assign the index to the wavelength service; and

assign the wavelength service to the network elements based on the index such that the R, C, O, and S for the wavelength service is achieved and a wavelength is deployed accordingly through the network elements to provide the wavelength service.

14. The carrier optical network of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to relatively weight at least one of R, C, O, and S prior to calculation of the index.

15. The carrier optical network of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to use a default analytic profile in the selecting the R, C, O, and S factors.

16. The carrier optical network of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to display the index to a user in a graphical form.