US 11,871,164 B2
Systems and methods for intelligent edge to edge optical system and wavelength provisioning
Luis Alberto Campos, Superior, CO (US); Zhensheng Jia, Superior, CO (US); and Carmela Stuart, Broomfield, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,633.
Application 17/946,633 is a continuation of application No. 17/140,042, filed on Jan. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,451,888.
Application 17/140,042 is a continuation of application No. 16/520,176, filed on Jul. 23, 2019, granted, now 10,904,647, issued on Jan. 26, 2021.
Application 16/520,176 is a continuation of application No. 15/878,258, filed on Jan. 23, 2018, granted, now 10,397,672, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Application 15/878,258 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/590,464, filed on May 9, 2017, granted, now 10,200,123, issued on Feb. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/449,397, filed on Jan. 23, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/352,279, filed on Jun. 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0017887 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01) [H04J 14/0242 (2013.01); H04J 14/0257 (2013.01); H04J 14/0271 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0041 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0086 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A point-to-point network provisioning system for an optical access network including a plurality of endpoints interconnected over an optical communication medium, the provisioning system comprising:
a processor;
a memory having computer executable instructions stored therein, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
evaluate each potential communication path over the optical communication medium between a first endpoint and a second endpoint of the plurality of endpoints, and
select an optimum fiber path, of the evaluated potential communication paths, based on at least one predetermined path selection criteria for (i) a first optical carrier transmitted over the optical communication medium, and (ii) a second optical carrier, different from the first optical carrier, transmitted over the optical communication medium,
wherein the first optical carrier includes at least one coherent optical, and wherein the second optical carrier includes at least one non-coherent optical signal.