Patent ID: 8605580
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04J,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for enhancing the carrying capacity of a network, comprising the steps of: detecting, via one or more nodes in the network, the level of traffic incident on the network; sharing, by the one or more nodes, at least two wavelengths and reserving a first number of reserved wavelengths for traffic responsive to the level of traffic incident on the network being at a first level above a light load condition and below a high load condition, the first number including at least two reserved wavelengths; and changing, by the one or more nodes, the first number of reserved wavelengths to a second number of reserved wavelengths responsive to the level of traffic incident on the network being at a second level above the light load condition and below the high load condition, the second level being different from the first level.