Flexible behavior modification during restoration in optical networks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9832548-B2
Application number	US-201615010684-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2016
Priority date	Jan 29, 2016
Publication date	Nov 28, 2017
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017

Abstract

Systems and methods of flexible behavior modification of a service implemented in a node during restoration in an optical network include provisioning the service on a home route with a first set of attributes; defining one or more protect routes in the network for the service, wherein each of the one or more protect routes have a corresponding set of attributes which differs from the first set of attributes; and, responsive to restoration of the service, determining a protect route of the one or more protect routes to restore the service and changing the service to have the corresponding set of attributes while on the protect route.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of flexible behavior modification of a service implemented in a node during restoration in an optical network, the method comprising:
provisioning the service on a home route with a first set of attributes;
defining one or more protect routes in the network for the service each by one of an associated Designated Transit List (DTL) and an associated Explicit Route Object (ERO), wherein each of the one or more protect routes have a corresponding set of attributes added to the associated DTL or ERO and which differs from the first set of attributes; and
responsive to restoration of the service, determining a protect route of the one or more protect routes to restore the service and changing the service to have the corresponding set of attributes while on the protect route.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service is a Subnetwork Connection (SNC) and the home route and the one or more protect routes are defined by Designated Transit Lists (DTLs) provided by one or more of a user, a Network Management System (NMS), and a Software Defined Networking (SDN) application.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service is a Labeled Switched Path (LSP) and the home route and the one or more protect routes are defined by Explicit Route Objects (EROS) provided by one or more of a user, a Network Management System (NMS), and a Software Defined Networking (SDN) application.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining is based on a state of the service and the network at a time of the restoration.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the changing the service alters attributes across an entire path of the protect route.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the changing the service alters attributes across one or more links of the protect route.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service is a Layer 1 service, and wherein the attributes comprise one or more of preemption priority, Optical Virtual Private Network (OVPN) domains, latency, a destination endpoint, administrative weight, and route diversity.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service is a packet service, and wherein the attributes comprise one or more of Multiprotocol Label Switching Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Label Switched Path (LSP) attributes comprising size and priority.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service is an optical connection, and wherein the one or more attributes comprise one or more of a modulation format, a rate, and a spectral width for the optical connection.

10. An apparatus adapted to perform flexible behavior modification of a service during restoration in an optical network, the apparatus comprising:
circuitry adapted to provision the service on a home route with a first set of attributes;
circuitry adapted to define one or more protect routes in the network for the service each by one of an associated Designated Transit List (DTL) and an associated Explicit Route Object (ERO), wherein each of the one or more protect routes have a corresponding set of attributes added to the associated DTL or ERO and which differs from the first set of attributes; and
circuitry adapted to determine, responsive to restoration of the service, a protect route of the one or more protect routes to restore the service and adapted to change the service to have the corresponding set of attributes while on the protect route.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the service is a Subnetwork Connection (SNC) and the home route and the one or more protect routes are defined by Designated Transit Lists (DTLs) provided by one or more of a user, a Network Management System (NMS), and a Software Defined Networking (SDN) application.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the service is a Labeled Switched Path (LSP) and the home route and the one or more protect routes are defined by Explicit Route Objects (EROS) provided by one or more of a user, a Network Management System (NMS), and a Software Defined Networking (SDN) application.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the circuitry adapted to determine uses a state of the service and the network at a time of the restoration.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the change alters attributes across an entire path of the protect route.

15. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the change alters attributes across one or more links of the protect route.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the service is a Layer 1 service, and wherein the attributes comprise one or more of preemption priority, Optical Virtual Private Network (OVPN) domains, latency, a destination endpoint, administrative weight, and route diversity.

17. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the service is a packet service, and wherein the attributes comprise one or more of Multiprotocol Label Switching Transport Profile (MPLS-TP) Label Switched Path (LSP) attributes comprising size and priority.

18. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the service is an optical connection, and wherein the one or more attributes comprise one or more of a modulation format, a rate, and a spectral width for the optical connection.

19. A node in an optical network adapted to perform flexible behavior modification of a service during restoration, the node comprising:
one or more line ports adapted to ingress and egress a service; and
a controller adapted to
provision the service on a home route with a first set of attributes,
define one or more protect routes in the network for the service each by one of an associated Designated Transit List (DTL) and an associated Explicit Route Object (ERO), wherein each of the one or more protect routes have a corresponding set of attributes added to the associated DTL or ERO and which differs from the first set of attributes, and
responsive to restoration of the service, determine a protect route of the one or more protect routes to restore the service and change the service to have the corresponding set of attributes while on the protect route.

20. The node of claim 19 , wherein the controller is adapted to determine and use a state of the service and the network at a time of the restoration.

Assignees

• Ciena Corp

Inventors

• Moynihan Jeffrey Scott
• Swinkels Gerard Leo

Classifications

• H04L45/50 Primary

  using label swapping, e.g. multi-protocol label switch [MPLS] · CPC title

• H04Q11/0003 Primary

  Details · CPC title

• H04L45/22

  Alternate routing · CPC title

• H04L45/62

  Wavelength based (optical switching H04Q11/0062) · CPC title

• H04L45/28

  using route fault recovery · CPC title