Patent ID: 11871164
Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A processor for optimizing point-to-point communications between two endpoints of a multi-endpoint optical network, the processor including a memory having computer executable instructions stored therein, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
index all endpoints of the optical network;
define each potential point-to-point connection between the indexed endpoints;
determine a topological communication path for each defined point-to-point connection, wherein each topological communication path includes one or more optical fiber segments;
calculate available transmission wavelengths for each of the one or more fiber segments;
select an optimum communication path between the two endpoints based on the determined topological communication path and the calculated available transmission wavelengths; and
provision a point-to-point communication link between the two endpoints along the selected optimum communication path,
wherein a first wavelength of the available transmission wavelengths comprises a first optical signal transmission including a coherent optical carrier, and
wherein a second wavelength of the available transmission wavelengths comprises a second optical signal transmission including a non-coherent optical carrier.