SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING SYSTEM POLICIES IN AN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING USER-ALLOCATED BANDWIDTH

摘要

A system (100) and method that enforces one or more policy rules on user-allocated bandwidth portions of the overall system bandwidth, for example in an optical fiber transmission system. The system (100) may include one or more user control units (120) that receives respective user output signals and applies all policy rules. The resulting optical output(s) (102) of the UCU(s) may be provided an optical transmission path for transmission to a receiving terminal (106).