Patent ID: 9654388
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a device, network information associated with a network to be planned, identifying, by the device, the plurality of traffic requirements in the network information; determining, by the device, a first route in the network for a first traffic requirement of the plurality of traffic requirements, the first route extending between a first line module and a second line module, such that a first multi-wavelength optical signal is transmitted on the first route from the first line module to the second line module; determining, by the device, that a second route for a second traffic requirement, of the plurality of traffic requirements, is removed based on the first route for the first traffic requirement, the second route extending between a third line module and a fourth line module, such that the second route is configured to provide a second multi-wavelength optical signal from the third line module to the fourth line module; determining, by the device, a third route in the network for the second traffic requirement; determining, by the device, additional routes in the network for remaining traffic requirements of the plurality of traffic requirements; generating, by the device, a network plan for the network based on the first route, the third route, and the additional routes determined in the network; outputting, by the device, the network plan; and routing traffic through the network based on the network plan.