- Patent Title: Optical network connection termination on client facility failure
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Application No.: US14568826Application Date: 2014-12-12
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Publication No.: US09608719B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Darek Skalecki , Gary Swinkels , Steven Arvo Surek
- Applicant: Darek Skalecki , Gary Swinkels , Steven Arvo Surek
- Applicant Address: US MD Hanover
- Assignee: Ciena Corporation
- Current Assignee: Ciena Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Hanover
- Agency: Osha Liang LLP
- Main IPC: G02F1/00
- IPC: G02F1/00 ; H04B10/03 ; H04B10/07 ; H04B10/079 ; H04B10/077

Abstract:
A method for operating an optical network (ON) using a control plane (CP), including: identifying, by the CP, a failure of a client facility connecting a network element of the ON and a client device; and terminating, by the CP and in response to identifying the failure, an optical connection through the ON for the client device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160173190A1 OPTICAL NETWORK CONNECTION TERMINATION ON CLIENT FACILITY FAILURE Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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