Patents by Inventor Darwin Bruce EVANS

Darwin Bruce EVANS 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).

  • Automated provisioning and control of shared optical spectrum in submarine optical networks
    Patent number: 9853762
    Abstract: Systems and methods of sharing optical spectrum between a plurality of users of a submarine optical system includes receiving one or more optical signals from the plurality of users of the submarine optical system, wherein each of the plurality of users are assigned a slice of optical spectrum on the submarine optical system; monitoring each of the one or more optical signals to determine compliance with one or more constraints; and adding the one or more optical signals to the submarine optical system if compliant with the one or more constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Ciena Corporation
    Inventors: Darwin Bruce Evans, Robert Hadaway, Loren Berg
  • AUTOMATED PROVISIONING AND CONTROL OF SHARED OPTICAL SPECTRUM IN SUBMARINE OPTICAL NETWORKS
    Publication number: 20160164597
    Abstract: Systems and methods of sharing optical spectrum between a plurality of users of a submarine optical system includes receiving one or more optical signals from the plurality of users of the submarine optical system, wherein each of the plurality of users are assigned a slice of optical spectrum on the submarine optical system; monitoring each of the one or more optical signals to determine compliance with one or more constraints; and adding the one or more optical signals to the submarine optical system if compliant with the one or more constraints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: CIENA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Darwin Bruce EVANS, Robert HADAWAY, Loren BERG