Abstract: A device may receive a request to present, via a user interface, information associated with an optical network. The information associated with the optical network may be stored using a data structure accessible to provide the information to one or more applications associated with one or more view types. The device may identify an application or a view type associated with the user interface. The device may identify an optical equipment type associated with the request. The optical equipment type may identify a type of optical equipment, associated with the optical network, to be presented for display via the user interface. The device may identify formatting information, for presenting optical network information associated with the optical equipment, based on the optical equipment type and the view type or the application. The device may provide the optical network information, for presentation via the user interface, based on the formatting information.

Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a method of configuring a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) network is presented. The WDM network includes circuits that carry optical signals, with each signal corresponding to a wavelength. The WDM network includes nodes, with links connecting the nodes to one another. Each circuit includes at least one link and at least one node. The method comprises assigning each of the circuits to an optical signal, based on first and second criteria, and configuring the nodes based on the assignment.