The present disclosure relates to systems and method for deploying a fiber optic network. Distribution devices are used to index fibers within the system to ensure that live fibers are provided at output locations throughout the system. In an example, fibers can be indexed in multiple directions within the system. In an example, fibers can be stored and deployed form storage spools.

It is difficult to improve the usage efficiency of an optical communication network due to the passband narrowing effect in a wavelength selection process in an optical communication network using a wavelength division multiplexing system; therefore, an optical network management apparatus according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes wavelength selection information generating means for generating wavelength selection information on a wavelength selection process through which an optical path accommodating an information signal goes, with respect to each optical path; and wavelength selection information notifying means for notifying an optical node device through which the optical path goes of the wavelength selection information.

Disclosed are a spectrum allocation method and device for an optical network and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: segmenting a service path of an optical network to obtain at least one path segment; trying to allocate, in sequence, for each path segment of the service path a service processing manner that satisfies a service spectrum requirement; and when the service processing manner satisfies the service spectrum requirement, allocating a frequency used by each path segment on the service path according to the currently allocated service processing manner of each path segment of the service path.

A digital optical data network system for improving information security in Passive Optical Networks (“PON”) by providing virtual information separation in the router, such as a premise router, or routers interfacing the entire PON, such as by utilizing virtual routing and forwarding, thus allowing safe data traffic between multiple carriers, service providers accessing the PON and multiple end users on the PON such as tenants in a building, employees of a business entity, or subscribers in a residential community.

Provided are optical communication signal recovery techniques and a submarine optical communication recovery device may include a number of inputs, a number of outputs and a number of optical switch modules. Each input may be operable to connect to a respective optical fiber of a submarine fiber optic cable, and a number of the optical fibers carry optical signals and at least one optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers is an unusable optical path that is unable to carry a usable optical signal. Each output may couple to another respective optical fiber, and a number of the outputs may be designated as impaired outputs. Each optical switch module of the number of optical switch modules may be operable to connect an input of the number of inputs coupled to the unusable optical path to an impaired output of the number of the impaired outputs.

Data center interconnections, which encompass WSCs as well as traditional data centers, have become both a bottleneck and a cost/power issue for cloud computing providers, cloud service providers and the users of the cloud generally. Fiber optic technologies already play critical roles in data center operations and will increasingly in the future. The goal is to move data as fast as possible with the lowest latency with the lowest cost and the smallest space consumption on the server blade and throughout the network. Accordingly, it would be beneficial for new fiber optic interconnection architectures to address the traditional hierarchal time-division multiplexed (TDM) routing and interconnection and provide reduced latency, increased flexibility, lower cost, lower power consumption, and provide interconnections exploiting scalable optical modular optically switched interconnection network as well as temporospatial switching fabrics allowing switching speeds below the slowest switching element within the switching fabric.

The present invention provides a method and system of OSNR-sensing spectrum allocation with optical channel performance guarantee. The method includes constructing an OSNR evaluation model; acquiring the shortest path between a source node and a destination node; acquiring a plurality of modulation formats and corresponding thresholds, sorting the plurality of modulation formats in descending order, and acquiring a list of the sorted modulation formats; calculating the bandwidth required by the lightpath service based on the bandwidth demand and FEC overhead by using the modulation format with the highest spectrum efficiency; substituting the bandwidth required by the lightpath service into the OSNR evaluation model and obtaining the number of FS actually required by the service; and allocating the spectrum resource required by the current service to the shortest path by using a first-fit algorithm and obtaining the center frequency of the current service on the lightpath.

A searching method is applicable to Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON). The searching method includes: dividing a GPON Encapsulation Mode Port Identifier (GEM Port ID) of a GEM frame into a first portion GEM Port ID and a second portion GEM Port ID; performing a row look-up in a first memory array by using the first portion GEM Port ID, and performing a column look-up in the first memory array by using the second portion GEM Port ID; and identifying a specific bit's position in the first memory array, according to results of the row look-up and the column look-up in the first memory array, wherein the specific bit's position represents a GPON Encapsulation Mode Port (GEM Port) that is used by the GEM frame.

Systems and methods implemented by a network element in a G.8032 ring include steps of operating an Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) session with an adjacent network element; and detecting an optical bypass in the G.8032 ring based on the OAM session. The steps can include flushing a forwarding database of the network element based on the optical bypass. The steps can include detecting prior to the optical bypass, that a neighboring node includes a ring block; and subsequent to the optical bypass, installing a new channel block. The optical bypass enables faster protection switching and the present disclosure incorporates an optical bypass in G.8032.

Embodiments are generally directed apparatuses, methods, techniques and so forth determine an access level of operation based on an indication received via one or more network links from a pod management controller, and enable or disable a firmware update capability for a firmware device based on the access level of operation, the firmware update capability to change firmware for the firmware device. Embodiments may also include determining one or more configuration settings of a plurality of configuration settings to enable for configuration based on the access level of operation, and enable configuration of the one or more configuration settings.