Patent ID: 8644704
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. A method for adaptively spacing channels of an optical network comprising: determining a first power level of a first channel of an optical network; determining a second power level of a second channel of the optical network, the second power level being less than the first power level; determining a first spectral space between the first channel and one or more channels neighboring the first channel based at least on the first power level; determining a second spectral space between the second channel and one or more channels neighboring the second channel based at least on the second power level, the second spectral space being less than the first spectral space; assigning a first wavelength to the first channel based on the first spectral space and assigning a second wavelength to the second channel based on the second spectral space; and assigning the first channel to a first optical transmitter configured to transmit a first optical signal at the first wavelength and assigning the second channel to a second optical transmitter configured to transmit a second optical signal at the second wavelength.