| CPC H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01) [H04Q 2011/0073 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0081 (2013.01)] | 30 Claims |
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1. A method for providing route redundancy for services at a service location of a passive optical network (PON) of a service provider, the method comprising:
obtaining an indication of a service location of the PON and an indication of a set of required services to be provided by the service provider at the service location;
detecting, based on respective geospatial locations of a plurality of optical components of the PON and interconnections of the plurality of optical components, that two or more physical polyline routes, each of which is configured to support the set of required services at the service location, include different elements, the different elements including at least one of:
different respective on-ramp facilities of the PON,
different respective optical line terminals (OLTs) of the PON,
different respective physical polyline route segments, of the PON, which are optically connected to a specific primary optical fiber bundle that is included in each of the two or more physical polyline routes, or
different respective provider serving facilities, the respective provider serving facilities including at least one of: a serving office of the service provider or an external network provider facility provided by an external network service provider other than the service provider;
configuring, in accordance with the different elements, the detected two or more physical polyline routes to be a set of redundant physical polyline routes for providing the set of required services to the service location;
configuring one or more optical components of the PON to utilize the set of redundant Physical polyline routes to route delivery of the set of required services to the service location; and
transmitting one or more services to the service location via the configured set of redundant physical polyline routes.
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