Appeal No. 2007-1287
Application No. 10/161,274
INVENTION
The invention is directed to optical communication networks. The invention
relates to providing information as to which channels in an optical signal are
active. See page 3 of Appellants’ Specification. Claim 1 is representative of the
invention and reproduced below:
1. A method for optical supervisory signaling, comprising:
determining, for each one of a plurality of data channels serviced by a
first optical communication node:
a wavelength channel status value indicating whether the channel has
been provisioned;
a wavelength channel failure value indicating whether a failure has
been detected on the channel; and
a wavelength channel lit value indicating whether the channel is
active; and communicating the wavelength channel status value, the
wavelength channel failure value, and the wavelength channel lit value to a
second optical communication node.
REFERENCES
The references relied upon by the Examiner are:
Beine US 6,304,347 B1 Oct. 16, 2001
Lauder US 2004/0071392 A1 Apr. 15, 2004
(filed Nov. 27, 2001)
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