US 11,909,445 B2
Optical domain controller of a telecommunications network
William Feight, Bennett, CO (US); Tara Joseph-Labrie, Centennial, CO (US); James M. Adkins, III, Bennett, CO (US); and Clyde David Cooper, III, Louisville, CO (US)
Assigned to Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/698,366.
Application 17/698,366 is a continuation of application No. 17/222,658, filed on Apr. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,283,523.
Application 17/222,658 is a continuation of application No. 16/798,184, filed on Feb. 21, 2020, granted, now 10,979,144, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/948,706, filed on Dec. 16, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/915,587, filed on Oct. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0209867 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 10/27 (2013.01); H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/25 (2013.01)
CPC H04B 10/27 (2013.01) [H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/25 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for managing a network, the system comprising:
an optical domain controller in communication with a plurality of optical devices, the optical domain controller:
receiving, from a first optical device of the plurality of optical devices, a notification of a configuration change to a component of the first optical device, wherein the notification of the configuration change comprises a first communication format corresponding to an operating system of the first optical device;
converting the notification of the configuration change to a common communication format different than the first communication format;
transmitting, to a second optical device, a configuration instruction to configure a component of the second optical device based on the notification of the configuration change to the first optical device; and
transmitting, to the first optical device and the second optical device, service connection instructions configuring an inter-device connection between the first optical device and the second optical device in response to a request for the optical connection service.