Patent ID: 9705906
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04Q

Claim:
1. A system comprising: an optical switch configured to extract Physical Layer (Layer 1) metadata from one or more data streams passing through one or more optical fibers; a signal processor configured to extract Data Link Layer (Layer 2) metadata from a data stream passing from the optical switch to the signal processor; a probe configured to extract Network Layer (Layer 3) metadata, Transport Layer (Layer 4), Session Layer (Layer 5) metadata, Presentation Layer (Layer 6) metadata, and Application Layer (Layer 7) metadata from a data stream passing from the signal processor to the probe; and a data store configured to store records that map the Physical Layer (Layer 1) metadata to the Data Link Layer (Layer 2) metadata and to the Layer 3 through Layer 7 metadata; wherein the one or more data streams are carried by signals having wavelengths within an unbounded range of wavelengths, including a first wavelength that differs from a second wavelength.