YOUNG KI LEE
Pilots at Mulvane Dr, Plano, TX

8200084, Jun 12, 2012

Jul 25, 2008

12/180025

Greg Bernstein - Fremont CA, US
Young Lee - Plano TX, US

Futurewei Technologies, Inc. - Plano TX

H04J 14/00

398 48, 398 49, 398 50, 398 51, 398 57, 398 59, 398 79, 398 3, 398 5, 398 7, 398 8, 370351, 370392, 370400, 370217, 370389

A network component comprising at least one control plane controller configured to implement a method comprising transmitting a message to at least one adjacent control plane controller, wherein the message comprises a Type-Length-Value (TLV) indicating Routing and Wavelength Assignment (RWA) information. Included is a method comprising communicating a message comprising a TLV to a control plane controller, wherein the TLV indicates RWA information. Also included is an apparatus comprising a control plane controller configured to communicate a TLV to at least one adjacent control plane controller, wherein the TLV indicates RWA information.

8208405, Jun 26, 2012

Feb 18, 2010

12/708046

Young Lee - Plano TX, US
Greg Bernstein - Fremont CA, US

Futurewei Technologies, Inc. - Plano TX

H04L 12/28

370254, 370392

A network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising transmitting a message to at least one adjacent control plane controller, wherein the message comprises a Type-Length-Value (TLV) having a plurality of parameters, wherein the message comprises frequency dependency information for each of the parameters that is frequency dependent. Included is a method comprising communicating a message comprising a TLV to a control plane controller, wherein the TLV comprises a plurality of parameters and frequency dependency information for each of the parameters that is frequency dependent. Also included is an apparatus comprising a control plane controller configured to communicate a TLV to at least one adjacent control plane controller, wherein the TLV indicates a plurality of parameters and frequency dependency information for each of the parameters that is frequency dependent.

8346079, Jan 1, 2013

Feb 23, 2010

12/710757

Young Lee - Plano TX, US
Greg Bernstein - Fremont CA, US

Futurewei Technologies, Inc. - Plano TX

H04B 10/00

398 49, 398 45, 398 57, 398 54

An apparatus comprising a path computation element (PCE) configured for at least partial impairment aware routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) and to communicate with a path computation client (PCC) based on a PCE protocol (PCEP) that supports path routing, wavelength assignment (WA), and impairment validation (IV). The PCEP comprises at least one operation selected from the group consisting of a new RWA path request operation and a path re-optimization request operation. Also disclosed is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising establishing a PCEP session with a PCC, receiving path computation information comprising RWA information and constraints from the PCC, and establishing impairment aware RWA (IA-RWA) based on the path computation information and a private impairment information for a vendor's equipment.

2009014, Jun 4, 2009

Jun 30, 2008

12/164768

Greg Bernstein - Fremont CA, US
Young Lee - Plano TX, US

FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Plano TX

H04J 14/00

398 49

A network component comprising a control plane controller configured to implement a method comprising transmitting routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) information to at least one adjacent control plane controller, wherein the RWA information is transmitted using an interior gateway protocol (IGP). Included is a method comprising communicating a message comprising RWA information to at least one adjacent control plane controller, wherein the message comprises an indication whether the RWA information is static or dynamic. Also included is an apparatus comprising a control plane controller configured to communicate data to at least one adjacent control plane controller, wherein the data comprises RWA information, and wherein the data comprises an indicator that indicates whether the RWA information is associated with a node, a link, or both.

8208808, Jun 26, 2012

Aug 6, 2008

12/186775

Greg Bernstein - Fremont CA, US
Young Lee - Plano TX, US

Futurewei Technologies, Inc. - Plano TX

H04J 14/00

398 48, 398 45, 398 49, 398 79, 398 50, 398 51, 398 57, 370351, 370352, 370392, 370389, 370238

An apparatus comprising a first node configured to forward a wavelength assignment message to a second node, wherein the wavelength assignment message comprises a wavelength set type-length-value (TLV), a wavelength assignment method selection TLV, a supplemental wavelength assignment information TLV, a traffic parameter TLV, or combinations thereof. Also included is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising obtaining a wavelength set data, a wavelength assignment method selection data, a supplemental wavelength assignment data, a traffic parameter data, or combinations thereof, and using at least one TLV to represent the obtained data. Also included is a method comprising obtaining a wavelength assignment information comprising a wavelength set, a supplemental wavelength assignment information, a wavelength assignment method selection, a traffic parameter, or combinations thereof, and forwarding the wavelength assignment information along a path.

8442399, May 14, 2013

Jul 6, 2010

12/830950

Young Lee - Plano TX, US
Greg Bernstein - Fremont CA, US
Jianrui Han - Shenzhen, CN

Futurewei Technologies, Inc. - Plano TX

H04J 14/02

398 69, 398 89

An apparatus comprising a path computation element (PCE) coupled to a path computation client (PCC) and configured to perform a path computation using port wavelength restriction information for a network element (NE), wherein the port wavelength restriction information is encoded and received in a port wavelength restriction Type-Length-Value (TLV) that comprises a matrix identifier (ID), a restriction type, and the port wavelength restriction information. Also disclosed is a network component comprising at least one processor coupled to a memory and configured to receive a port wavelength restriction information TLV that corresponds to a NE, and obtain a restriction type and port wavelength restriction information based on the restriction type from the port wavelength restriction TLV, and use the port wavelength restriction information to calculate a path for the NE.

2012005, Mar 1, 2012

Aug 24, 2011

13/216808

Young Lee - Plano TX, US
Yangsong Xia - Richardson TX, US

FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Plano TX

G06F 15/173

709226

An apparatus comprising an application cross-stratum optimization (CSO) gateway (ACG) coupled to an application layer that handles a plurality of servers, a network CSO gateway (NCG) coupled to a network layer that handles a plurality of network nodes and configured to communicate with the ACG using a CSO protocol (CSOP), and a CSO interface established between the ACG and the NCG that enables the exchange of a plurality of CSOP messages to allow joint application-network resource allocation, provisioning, and optimization. Also disclosed is a network apparatus implemented method comprising sending a user profile from a user plane to an application plane, sending an application profile from the application plane to a network plane via a CSO interface between an ACG and a NCG, and sending network capability information from the network plane to the application plane via the CSO interface.

8238749, Aug 7, 2012

Jul 22, 2008

12/177368

Greg Bernstein - Fremont CA, US
Young Lee - Plano TX, US

Futurewei Technologies, Inc. - Plano TX

H04J 14/02

398 69, 398 79

An apparatus, comprising a first node configured to communicate with a second node to generate a wavelength assignment, wherein the first node is configured to send a wavelength availability information to the second node. Included is a network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method, comprising receiving a wavelength availability information, and updating the wavelength availability information using a local wavelength availability information. Also included is a method, comprising acquiring a local wavelength assignment information, calculating a local wavelength availability information, and transmitting the local wavelength availability information to a subsequent network element on a lightpath.

2012010, May 3, 2012

Oct 28, 2011

13/284644

Young Lee - Plano TX, US
Yangsong Xia - Richardson TX, US

FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Plano TX

G06F 15/173, H04L 12/56

370230, 709241

An apparatus comprising a network aware (NA) global load balancing (GLB) component configured to associate with a local data center (DC), couple to an end user via a network, select a server in the DC or in one or more remote DCs coupled to the network based on application resource information and network resource information, and select a route in the network based on the application resource information and the network resource information.

8249451, Aug 21, 2012

Jul 9, 2008

12/169883

Young Lee - Plano TX, US
Greg Bernstein - Fremont CA, US

Futurewei Technologies, Inc. - Plano TX

H04B 10/00

398 57, 398 50, 398 45, 398 56

A network component comprising at least one processor configured to implement a method comprising creating a port restriction matrix comprising a plurality of port restrictions, and compressing the port restriction matrix. Included is a method comprising establishing a port wavelength restriction data for an optical component, establishing a port connectivity data for the optical component, and transmitting the port wavelength restriction data and the port connectivity data to a path computation element. Also included is an apparatus comprising a path computation client configured to communicate data to a path computation element, wherein the data comprises a port restriction data.