US Patent 7525981 Glare resolution

Patent 7525981 was granted and assigned to Ciena (company) on April, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Ciena (company)

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7525981

Date of Patent

April 28, 2009

Patent Application Number

10894226

Date Filed

July 19, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Wing F Chan

Patent abstract

An embodiment of the invention provides a method for glare resolution in a network. The method first designates a master node and a slave node. The method prevents the slave node from initially allocating a first line and a first timeslot for a first sub network connection (SNC) (SNC2 or SNCs2. The master node allocates the first line and the first timeslot for the first SNC, and a second line and a second timeslot for a second SNC (SNC1 or SNCs1).