Patents by Inventor Christopher Frank JANZ

Christopher Frank JANZ has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240129055
    Abstract: System and method for optimizing optical power management along one or more optical channels of an optical communication network (OCN), the OCN comprising a plurality of optical channels. The method comprises accessing a digital twin (DT) of the OCN, receiving a desired optimization instruction to optimize the one or more optical channels in view of at least one operational parameter, executing an optical power optimization module on the DT by simulating application of at least one network configuration of the at least one optical channel, each network configuration having a corresponding predicted optimized level indicative of expected performances of the at least one optical channel of the OCN for the corresponding network configuration. In response to the predicted optimization level of a given network configuration satisfying a criterion, the network configuration is identified as a target network configuration and applied on the OCN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yuren YOU, Mahdi HEMMATI, Christopher Frank JANZ
  • Patent number: 10623277
    Abstract: Systems and methods for instantiating a network service in a network include receiving a service request for a network service; determining network resources in the network to instantiate the network service; determining a price for the network resources utilizing forecasts with adjustments to the price based on a current network status; providing the price in response to the service request; and responsive to acceptance of the price, causing instantiation of the network service through the network resources in the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Petar Djukic, Todd Morris, Romualdas Armolavicius, Mitchell Howard Auster, Christopher Frank Janz, David Côté
  • Publication number: 20180102948
    Abstract: Systems and methods for instantiating a network service in a network include receiving a service request for a network service; determining network resources in the network to instantiate the network service; determining a price for the network resources utilizing forecasts with adjustments to the price based on a current network status; providing the price in response to the service request; and responsive to acceptance of the price, causing instantiation of the network service through the network resources in the network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Petar DJUKIC, Todd MORRIS, Romualdas ARMOLAVICIUS, Mitchell Howard AUSTER, Christopher Frank JANZ, David CÔTÉ
  • Patent number: 9838271
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for network service pricing and service resource management, implemented by a server communicatively coupled to a Software Defined Networking (SDN) network configured to provide the network service. The systems and methods includes receiving a service request for a network service in the SDN network; determining one or more price categories and one or more network resources for the service request, wherein the network resources are selected to instantiate the network service; adjusting a price of the network resources by adjusting the price within a range of the price categories based on current and known future network information of the SDN network; and responsive to acceptance of the price, instantiating the network service through the network resources in the SDN network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Petar Djukic, Todd Morris, Romualdas Armolavicius, Mitchell Howard Auster, Christopher Frank Janz, David Côté
  • Publication number: 20160330083
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for network service pricing and service resource management, implemented by a server communicatively coupled to a Software Defined Networking (SDN) network configured to provide the network service. The systems and methods includes receiving a service request for a network service in the SDN network; determining one or more price categories and one or more network resources for the service request, wherein the network resources are selected to instantiate the network service; adjusting a price of the network resources by adjusting the price within a range of the price categories based on current and known future network information of the SDN network; and responsive to acceptance of the price, instantiating the network service through the network resources in the SDN network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Petar DJUKIC, Todd MORRIS, Romualdas ARMOLAVICIUS, Mitchell Howard AUSTER, Christopher Frank JANZ, David CÔTÉ