System, device, and method for managing connection establishment and related services in an optical communication system

A system, device, and method for managing connection establishment and related services in an optical communication system uses an optical service agent to manage the connection establishment and related services on behalf of a user. The optical service agent may negotiate various connection and con...

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Hauptverfasser: SCHOFIELD BRUCE A, MONGA INDERMOHAN S, RAMACHANDRAN VIKRAM, SURYAPUTRA STEPHEN
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A system, device, and method for managing connection establishment and related services in an optical communication system uses an optical service agent to manage the connection establishment and related services on behalf of a user. The optical service agent may negotiate various connection and connection-related services, model connections, reserve communication services, establish connections on behalf of the user, and aggregate multiple optical communication paths over a connection, to name but a few. The optical service agent may interact with an optical communication network and/or various peer users in order to obtain and reserve communication services.