| US 7,602,807 B2 | ||
| Method of allocating bandwidth in an optical network | ||
| Haig Michael Zadikian, McKinney, Tex. (US); Ali Najib Saleh, Castaic, Calif. (US); John Conlon Adler, Plano, Tex. (US); Zareh Baghdasarian, Richardson, Tex. (US); and Vahid Parsi, Richardson, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 27, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/235,820. | ||
| Application 11/235820 is a continuation of application No. 10/680940, filed on Oct. 07, 2003, granted, now 6,950,391, filed on Sep. 27, 2005. | ||
| Application 10/680940 is a continuation of application No. 09/232396, filed on Jan. 15, 1999, granted, now 6,631,134, filed on Oct. 07, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0251419 A1, Nov. 09, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—468 [370/395.21; 370/400] | 23 Claims |
| 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, 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.
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