Multi-layer system optimization

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10887019-B2
Application number	US-202016733844-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2020
Priority date	Jun 28, 2018
Publication date	Jan 5, 2021
Grant date	Jan 5, 2021

Abstract

A software-defined network multi-layer controller (SDN-MLC) may communicate with multiple layers of a telecommunication network. The SDN-MLC may have an optimization algorithm that helps manage, in near real-time, the multiple layers of the telecommunication network.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory coupled with the processor, the memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:
obtaining multiple layer information associated with multiple layers of a telecommunications network, the multiple layer information comprising optical layer information or router layer information;
forecasting a network condition based on the multiple layer information, wherein the forecasting is based on machine learning;
determining a configuration change of the telecommunications network for avoiding the forecasted network condition; and
sending a message to a device in order to implement the configuration change.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the optical layer information is obtained from a dynamic fiber cross connect.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the routing layer information is obtained from a router.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the optical layer information comprises a load along an optical path.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the device is a component of the optical layer.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the device is an optical regenerator.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the device is a tail.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the device is a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer.

9. A method comprising:
obtaining multiple layer information associated with multiple layers of a telecommunications network, the multiple layer information comprising optical layer information or router layer information;
forecasting a network condition based on the multiple layer information, wherein the forecasting is based on machine learning;
determining a configuration change of the telecommunications network for avoiding the forecasted network condition; and
sending a message to a device in order to implement the configuration change.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the optical layer information is obtained from a dynamic fiber cross connect.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the routing layer information is obtained from a router.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the optical layer information comprises a load along an optical path.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the device is a component of the optical layer.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the device is an optical regenerator.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the device is a tail.

16. A computer readable storage medium that is not a signal storing computer executable instructions that when executed by a computing device cause said computing device to effectuate operations comprising:
obtaining multiple layer information associated with multiple layers of a telecommunications network, the multiple layer information comprising optical layer information or router layer information;
forecasting a network condition based on the multiple layer information, wherein the forecasting is based on machine learning;
determining a configuration change of the telecommunications network for avoiding the forecasted network condition; and
sending a message to a device in order to implement the configuration change.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the optical layer information is obtained from a dynamic fiber cross connect.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the routing layer information is obtained from a router.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the optical layer information comprises a load along an optical path.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the device is a component of the optical layer.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Choudhury Gagan
• Meier-Hellstern Kathleen
• Goddard Alvin
• Padi Narayan
• Tse Simon
• Wang Tzuu-Yi
• Tse Kathleen
• Birk Martin

Classifications

• H04J14/021

  Reconfigurable arrangements, e.g. reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers [ROADM] or tunable optical add/drop multiplexers [TOADM] · CPC title

• H04L41/40

  using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities · CPC title

• H04L41/0895

  Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements · CPC title

• G06F16/23

  Updating · CPC title

• H04B10/27 Primary

  Arrangements for networking · CPC title