Reachability determination in wavelength division multiplexing network based upon fiber loss measurements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11349566-B2
Application number	US-202017106924-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2020
Priority date	Jun 14, 2017
Publication date	May 31, 2022
Grant date	May 31, 2022

Abstract

Devices, computer-readable media and methods are disclosed for determining reachability for a wavelength connection in a telecommunication network. For example, a processor deployed in a telecommunication network may calculate a fiber loss on a link in the telecommunication network using optical power measurements and determine that a destination node of a wavelength connection is not reachable via a path that includes the link based upon the fiber loss of the link that is calculated. In one example, the determining is based upon a number of links in the path, an effective fiber loss for each link in the path, a penalty for nodes in the path, and an acceptable loss value. The processor may further perform a remedial action in response to determining that the destination node of the wavelength connection is not reachable via the path.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
calculating, by a processor deployed in a telecommunication network using at least one optical power measurement, a fiber loss on a link in the telecommunication network;
determining, by the processor, that a destination node of a wavelength connection is not reachable via a path that includes the link based upon the fiber loss of the link that is calculated, wherein the determining is based upon:
an effective fiber loss for each link in the path; and
an acceptable loss value; and

performing, by the processor, a remedial action in response to determining that the destination node of the wavelength connection is not reachable via the path.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the effective fiber loss for each link is specific to a wavelength of the wavelength connection.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acceptable loss value is based on an end of life acceptable loss for a single link and a margin.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
adjusting the acceptable loss value based upon a variability in a plurality of calculations of the fiber loss on the link.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remedial action comprises:
adding a regenerator to the path; and
establishing the wavelength connection via the path.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remedial action comprises:
reducing a bitrate for the wavelength connection as compared to a requested bitrate contained in a request to establish the wavelength connection; and
establishing the wavelength connection via the path.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remedial action comprises:
selecting a different path for the wavelength connection.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a request to establish the wavelength connection in the telecommunication network; and
selecting the path through the telecommunication network for the wavelength connection based upon a set of initial criteria.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the path is selected by applying the set of initial criteria to a shortest path first algorithm, wherein the set of initial criteria includes information for:
a topology of the telecommunication network; and
available wavelength resources on links in the telecommunication network.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the request to establish the wavelength connection comprises a request for a persistent connection.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving an additional request to establish an additional wavelength connection in the telecommunication network comprising a non-persistent connection;
determining that a destination node of the additional wavelength connection is reachable via an additional path that includes the link based upon the fiber loss of the link that is calculated, wherein the determining that the destination node of the additional wavelength connection is reachable via the additional path that includes the link is based upon a reduced acceptable loss value as compared to the acceptable loss value that is used for the determining that the destination node of the wavelength connection is not reachable via the path that includes the link; and
establishing the additional wavelength connection via the additional path.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving an additional request to establish an additional wavelength connection in the telecommunication network comprising a non-persistent connection;
selecting an additional path through the telecommunication network for the additional wavelength connection based upon the set of initial criteria; and
establishing the additional wavelength connection via the additional path without performing a reachability calculation for the additional wavelength connection via the additional path.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the calculating the fiber loss on the link comprises an optical power measurement on a wavelength that is not in use for user traffic data or network management data via the link.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fiber loss on the link is calculated via at least one of:
an optical time domain reflectometer; or
a fiber loss test set.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor deployed in a telecommunication network, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
calculating, using at least one optical power measurement, a fiber loss on a link in the telecommunication network;
determining that a destination node of a wavelength connection is not reachable via a path that includes the link based upon the fiber loss of the link that is calculated, wherein the determining is based upon:
an effective fiber loss for each link in the path; and
an acceptable loss value; and

performing a remedial action in response to determining that the destination node of the wavelength connection is not reachable via the path.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the effective fiber loss for each link is specific to a wavelength of the wavelength connection.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the acceptable loss value is based on an end of life acceptable loss for a single link and a margin.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the operations further comprising:
adjusting the acceptable loss value based upon a variability in a plurality of calculations of the fiber loss on the link.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the remedial action comprises:
adding a regenerator to the path; and
establishing the wavelength connection via the path.

20. A device comprising:
a processor deployed in a telecommunication network; and
a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
calculating, using at least one optical power measurement, a fiber loss on a link in the telecommunication network;
determining that a destination node of a wavelength connection is not reachable via a path that includes the link based upon the fiber loss of the link that is calculated, wherein the determining is based upon:
an effective fiber loss for each link in the path; and
an acceptable loss value; and

performing a remedial action in response to determining that the destination node of the wavelength connection is not reachable via the path.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Woodward Sheryl
• Tse Kathleen
• Birk Martin
• Chiu Angela
• Bathula Balagangadhar

Classifications

• H04J14/02122

  Colourless, directionless or contentionless [CDC] arrangements · CPC title

• H04Q2011/0083

  Testing; Monitoring · CPC title

• H04B10/07957

  Monitoring or measuring wavelength · CPC title

• H04Q2011/0086

  Network resource allocation, dimensioning or optimisation · CPC title

• H04B10/2507

  for the reduction or elimination of distortion or dispersion · CPC title