Patent ID: 6396852
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H04J,Y10S

Abstract:
A process for deploying a ring in a network, comprising:(a) configuring said ring to a plurality of offices and a plurality of optical fibers linking said plurality of offices, wherein each office initially comprises an add/drop multiplexer coupled to at least one optical fiber; (b) determining a path for OC-3 time slots grouped in one or more OC-48 optical signals through said ring; (c) calculating time slots required for a set of add/drop multiplexers in said path; (d) grouping the time slots into pairs and calculating a compatibility metric for each pair of time slots to form the optical signal after the path for each time slot has been determined; and (e) removing a set add/drop multiplexers from the ring that do not conform with the determined time slot requirement.