Patent ID: 11909445
Assignee: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system for managing a network, the system comprising:
an optical domain controller in communication with a plurality of optical devices, the optical domain controller:
receiving, from a first optical device of the plurality of optical devices, a notification of a configuration change to a component of the first optical device, wherein the notification of the configuration change comprises a first communication format corresponding to an operating system of the first optical device;
converting the notification of the configuration change to a common communication format different than the first communication format;
transmitting, to a second optical device, a configuration instruction to configure a component of the second optical device based on the notification of the configuration change to the first optical device; and
transmitting, to the first optical device and the second optical device, service connection instructions configuring an inter-device connection between the first optical device and the second optical device in response to a request for the optical connection service.