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

Claim 0:
1. A point-to-point network provisioning system for an optical access network including a plurality of endpoints interconnected over an optical communication medium, the provisioning system comprising:
a processor;
a memory having computer executable instructions stored therein, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
evaluate each potential communication path over the optical communication medium between a first endpoint and a second endpoint of the plurality of endpoints, and
select an optimum fiber path, of the evaluated potential communication paths, based on at least one predetermined path selection criteria for (i) a first optical carrier transmitted over the optical communication medium, and (ii) a second optical carrier, different from the first optical carrier, transmitted over the optical communication medium,

wherein the first optical carrier includes at least one coherent optical, and wherein the second optical carrier includes at least one non-coherent optical signal.