US Patent Issued to Level 3 Communications on July 15 for "Optical frequency spectral optimization in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) flex grid systems" (Oklahoma, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,826, issued on July 15, was assigned to Level 3 Communications LLC (Denver).

"Optical frequency spectral optimization in dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) flex grid systems" was invented by James E. Shearer (Jenks, Okla.) and Paul M. Johnson (Littleon, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing optical frequency spectral optimization in dense wavelength division multiplexing ("DWDM") flex grid systems. In various embodiments, based on a determination that one or more gaps of optical spectrum exist in a range of optical spectrum that contains one or more media channels tha...