Apparatus, system, and method for ordering and provisioning variable bandwidth capacity on a network
View Patent ↗Systems and methods for automatic purchasing, reserving and/or provisioning of a wavelength bandwidth block are disclosed. A user may access a web page, such as an interactive web-portal, to provide bandwidth data and corresponding ordering information for reserving a particular amount of bandwidth capacity on a telecommunications network. Subsequently, the customer's may access and the bandwidth blocks to increase/decrease and/or activate/deactivate portions of the reserved bandwidth capacity as needed.
1. A system for providing bandwidth comprising:
a first network node server comprising:
at least one line-side port to communicate data at a maximum bandwidth capacity on a network; and
a plurality of tributary ports, each tributary port of the plurality of tributary ports for communicating the data at a percentage of the maximum bandwidth capacity; and
at least one processor to:
receive input to reserve the maximum bandwidth capacity on the network;
process the input to generate a reservation for communicating data by:
assigning the maximum bandwidth capacity to the at least one line-side capacity port; and
assigning the percentage of the maximum bandwidth capacity to at least one of the plurality of tributary ports.
2. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein receiving input for an amount of bandwidth comprises conducting a dialog with a user on a display prompting the user to provide the input via a web portal.
3. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a second input to decrease bandwidth consumption on the first network node server by deactivating the at least one plurality of tributary ports.
4. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the network is an optical telecommunications network.
5. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the reservation corresponds to a wavelength bandwidth block.
6. The system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to activate the first network node server by initiating the installation of a line card.
7. A system for providing bandwidth comprising:
a first network node server comprising:
at least one line-side port to communicate data at a maximum bandwidth capacity on a network; and
a plurality of tributary ports, each tributary port of the plurality of tributary ports for communicating the data at a percentage of the maximum bandwidth capacity; and
a second network node server comprising:
at least one other line-side port to communicate the data at the maximum bandwidth capacity on the network; and
at least one processor to:
receive input to reserve the maximum bandwidth capacity on the network;
process the input to generate a reservation for communicating data between the first network node server and the second network node server by:
assigning the maximum bandwidth capacity to the at least one line-side capacity port; and
assigning the percentage of the maximum bandwidth capacity to at least one of the plurality of tributary ports.
8. The system as recited in claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a second input to decrease bandwidth consumption on the first network node server by:
deactivating the at least one tributary ports of the plurality of tributary ports.
9. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein the network is an optical telecommunications network.
10. The system as recited in claim 7 , wherein the reservation corresponds to a wavelength bandwidth block.
11. The system as recited in claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to activate the first network node server by initiating the installation of a line card.
12. A method for reserving bandwidth comprising:
receiving, at a processor, input to reserve a maximum bandwidth capacity on a network;
processing, at the at least one processor, the input to generate a reservation for communicating data with a network node server within the network by:
assigning a maximum bandwidth capacity to at least one line-side capacity port; and
assigning the percentage of the maximum bandwidth capacity to at least one of the plurality of tributary ports, wherein the network node server comprises the at least one line-side port and the plurality of tributary ports.
13. The method as recited in claim 12 , further comprising receiving a second input to decrease bandwidth consumption by the network node server by deactivating the at least one plurality of tributary ports.
14. The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the network is an optical telecommunications network.
15. The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein the reservation corresponds to a wavelength bandwidth block.
16. The method as recited in claim 12 , further comprising activating the network node server by initiating the installation of a line card.