Optical path design apparatus, optical path design method and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12494859-B2
Application number	US-202018029726-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2020
Priority date	Oct 22, 2020
Publication date	Dec 9, 2025
Grant date	Dec 9, 2025

Abstract

An optical path design device includes a scheduling unit configured to generate, according to demand information, including information on a frequency bandwidth required for communication between a first node device at a start point of an optical path and a second node device at an end point of an optical path, and including information on a future time zone in which the communication will be executed, allocation content including information on a route connecting the first node device and the second node device and information on a center frequency of the frequency allocated to the communication corresponding to the demand information and determine the start time and the end time of the allocation of the allocation content, and a queue for adjusting a timing of allocation of the allocation content in the future time zone based on the start time and the end time of the allocation in a case where the allocation content cannot be allocated to the communication corresponding to the demand information with the current time as the start time of the allocation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An optical path design device comprising:
a scheduler configured to generate, according to demand information, including information on a frequency bandwidth required for communication between a first node device at a start point of an optical path and a second node device at an end point of an optical path, and including information on a future time zone in which the communication will be executed, an allocation content including information on a route connecting the first node device and the second node device and information on a center frequency of a frequency band allocated to the communication corresponding to the demand information and determine a start time and an end time of an allocation of the allocation content; and a queue for adjusting a timing of allocation of the allocation content in the future time zone based on the start time and the end time of the allocation in a case where the allocation content cannot be allocated to the communication corresponding to the demand information with the current time as the start time of the allocation; wherein the scheduler is configured to reallocate the allocation content added to the queue to a demand for the optical path, wherein in a case where an allocation request for the optical path is rejected, the scheduler is configured to reallocate the allocation content added to the queue to the demand for the optical path.

2 . The optical path design device according to claim 1 , wherein the scheduler preferentially allocates the allocation content to the communication in which a start time of the future time zone as the information on the future time zone included in the demand information is closest to the start time of the allocation of the allocation content.

3 . An optical path designing method executed by an optical path design device, the method comprising:
generating, according to demand information, including information on a frequency bandwidth required for communication between a first node device at a start point of an optical path and a second node device at an end point of an optical path, and including information on a future time zone in which the communication will be executed, an allocation content including information on a route connecting the first node device and the second node device and information on a center frequency of a frequency band allocated to the communication corresponding to the demand information and determining a start time and an end time of an allocation of the allocation content; and adjusting a timing of allocation of the allocation content in the future time zone based on the start time and the end time of the allocation in a case where the allocation content cannot be allocated to the communication corresponding to the demand information with the current time as the start time of the allocation;
wherein the allocation content added to the queue is reallocated to a demand for the optical path,
wherein in a case where an allocation request for the optical path is rejected, the allocation content added to the queue is reallocated to the demand for the optical path.

4 . The optical path designing method according to claim 3 , wherein, the allocation content is preferentially allocated to the communication in which the start time of the future time zone included in the demand information is closer to the start time of the allocation of the allocation content.

5 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform operations comprising:
generating, according to demand information, including information on a frequency bandwidth required for communication between a first node device at a start point of an optical path and a second node device at an end point of an optical path, and including information on a future time zone in which the communication will be executed, an allocation content including information on a route connecting the first node device and the second node device and information on a center frequency of a frequency band allocated to the communication corresponding to the demand information and determining a start time and an end time of an allocation of the allocation content; and adjusting a timing of allocation of the allocation content in the future time zone based on the start time and the end time of the allocation in a case where the allocation content cannot be allocated to the communication corresponding to the demand information with the current time as the start time of the allocation;
wherein the allocation content added to the queue is reallocated to a demand for the optical path,
wherein in a case where an allocation request for the optical path is rejected, the allocation content added to the queue is reallocated to the demand for the optical path.

6 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 5 , wherein the allocation content is preferentially allocated to the communication in which a start time of the future time zone as the information on the future time zone included in the demand information is closest to the start time of the allocation of the allocation content.

Assignees

• Ntt Inc

Inventors

• Tanaka Takafumi
• Ohara Takuya
• Inuzuka Fumikazu
• Oda Takuya
• Shimoda Masayuki

Classifications

• H04B10/27

  Arrangements for networking · CPC title

• H04J14/0267 Primary

  Optical signaling or routing · CPC title

• H04J14/0271 Primary

  Impairment aware routing · CPC title