Patent ID: 8452861
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, an order for services to be provided by an optical network, the order identifying bandwidth requirements for the optical network and multiple broadcast locations within a particular geographic region; retrieving, by the computing device and based on the order for services, information regarding optical transport system components for the particular geographic region; creating, by the computing device and based on the information regarding the optical transport system components for the particular geographic region, an optical network identifier, the optical network identifier identifying an aggregation of dense wavelength data multiplexers that defines one or more paths; prompting, by the computing device, a user to select a wavelength for a broadcast circuit through the dense wavelength data multiplexers using a graphical user interface, where the prompting includes providing the user with a list of available wavelength intervals from which to select a particular wavelength; prompting, by the computing device, the user to select one or more first paths for the broadcast circuit through the dense wavelength data multiplexers using the graphical user interface; prompting, by the computing device, the user to select one or more second paths for the broadcast circuit through the dense wavelength data multiplexers using the graphical user interface, where the one or more second paths are different than the one or more first paths; querying, by the computing device, an operations support service for available bandwidth to support bandwidth requirements over the selected wavelength, the selected one or more first paths, and the selected one or more second paths; and assigning, by the computing device, the selected wavelength, the selected one or more first paths, and the selected one or more second paths for the broadcast circuit based on the available bandwidth.