Optical Control Layer for Dynamic Device Registration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current communications networks face challenges in efficiently establishing compatible connections between optical devices due to the lack of dynamic registration and configuration of optical device characteristics, leading to suboptimal bandwidth utilization and increased complexity in managing optical networks.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of an optical control layer that registers and manages the communication capabilities of optical devices, including packet switching devices and optical regenerators, to determine and configure compatible light paths through the network, using wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) and optical interfaces with configurable parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If optical device characteristics are not dynamically registered and configured, then network management complexity increases, but bandwidth utilization remains suboptimal
Solution Approach 1:
An optical control layer is introduced as an intermediary between optical devices and network management systems. This control layer dynamically registers device characteristics (transmission power, wavelength, receiver sensitivity) and uses this information to optimize light path configuration and bandwidth allocation, thereby improving bandwidth utilization while centralizing management complexity in a dedicated control mechanism
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary registration of optical device characteristics before establishing connections. By pre-configuring and storing device capabilities (transmitter power levels, receiver sensitivity, supported wavelengths) in the optical control layer, the system prepares compatibility information in advance, enabling efficient bandwidth allocation and reducing management complexity during actual connection establishment
2Adaptability or versatility
If optical networks use fixed configuration without dynamic registration, then device compatibility is ensured, but network adaptability and performance optimization are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The optical control layer implements dynamic registration and configuration of device characteristics. Instead of fixed static configurations, the system continuously updates and adapts to actual device capabilities (transmission power, wavelength, sensitivity) through automated registration processes, enabling the network to adapt to different devices while maintaining compatibility through standardized registration protocols
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AI summary
Disclosed are, inter alia, methods, apparatus, computer-storage media, mechanisms, and means associated with registration of optical device characteristics of optical network devices with an optical control layer of the optical network for use in establishing compatible connections through the optical network. Especially end network devices and internal network optical devices that regenerate the optical signal register their communication capabilities of their optical interfaces with the optical control layer of an optical network. This registration allows a light path to be established through the optical network which is compatible with the registered capabilities. The optical control layer may be centralized in an optical layer server and/or distributed among optical devices in the optical network, such as on control processors in multiple, optical layer devices.