Abstract: A resource controller receives data identifying a communications product and determines a task associated with providing the communications product. The processor identifies human resources and network resources for performing the task, determines availabilities of the human resources and the network resources for completing the tasks, and determines a service commitment time for the particular communications product based on the availabilities of the human resources and the network resources for completing the tasks. The resource controller may display information associated with the service commitment time. The resource controller may determine a location associated with a user, and may identify communications products associated with the location. The resource controller may identify service commitment times for the available communications products, and may select one or more of the available communications products based on the service commitment times.

Abstract: A method includes receiving an order for services to be provided by an optical network, the order identifying bandwidth requirements for the optical network and multiple broadcast locations; creating an optical network identifier, the optical network identifier including an aggregation of dense wavelength data multiplexers that may define one or more paths; prompting a user to select a path for a broadcast circuit through the dense wavelength data multiplexers using a graphical user interface; querying an operations support service for available bandwidth to support bandwidth requirements over the selected path; and assigning the circuit path based on the available bandwidth.

Abstract: A method includes receiving an order for services to be provided by an optical network, the order identifying bandwidth requirements for the optical network and multiple broadcast locations; creating an optical network identifier, the optical network identifier including an aggregation of dense wavelength data multiplexers that may define one or more paths; prompting a user to select a path for a broadcast circuit through the dense wavelength data multiplexers using a graphical user interface; querying an operations support service for available bandwidth to support bandwidth requirements over the selected path; and assigning the circuit path based on the available bandwidth.