METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISUALLY INDICATING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MULT-WAVELENGTH INTERFACES AND UNI-WAVELENGTH INTERFACES

摘要

A method and apparatus for visually indicating the connections between optical interfaces is provided. The optical interfaces may include multi-wavelength optical interfaces and uni-wavelength optical interfaces. The optical interfaces may reside within optical nodes contained within an optical network.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a first multi-wavelength interface with a first multi-wavelength interface indicator, wherein the first multi-wavelength interface indicator comprises of one Light Emitting Diode (LED) illuminating with a first color; at least a second multi-wavelength interface with a second multi-wavelength interface indicator, wherein the second multi-wavelength interface indicator comprises of one LED illuminating with a second color, wherein the second color is different than the first color; and a first uni-wavelength interface with a first uni-wavelength interface indicator, wherein the first uni-wavelength interface indicator comprises of one multi-color LED, wherein the first uni-wavelength interface indicator is operable to illuminate with the first color to visually indicate a connection between the first uni-wavelength interface and the first multi-wavelength interface, and wherein the first uni-wavelength interface indicator is operable to illuminate with the second color to visually indicate a connection between the first uni-wavelength interface and the at least a second multi-wavelength interface.