Routing and signaling in a sonet network
CA 2330656 A1 · Owner: Lu, Biao · Inventors: Gulati, Neeraj; Lu, Biao; Tedijanto, Theodore E.
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A system and method for automatically generating a topology of a network having synchronous optical network (SONET) switches. Switches in the network pass information about itself to other switches in the network so that every switch can maintain a topology of the network. Using this knowledge of the network topology, each switch can generate a communication route within the network and automatically allot bandwidth for the route. Each switch may generate a new route in response to a line failure.
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- Filed March 1, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 1, 2020.
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