TECHNIQUE FOR INTERFACING BETWEEN WEB SERVICE AND INTERFACE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE (IDL)-BASED REMOTE PROCEDURE CALL (RPC) SERVICE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING THE SAME

摘要

To provide techniques for interfacing IDL-based RPC architectures with web service approaches.SOLUTION: An embodiment of the present disclosure includes an RPC architecture that includes a central manager gateway that allows for client access via web services protocols. The central manager gateway further includes a server-facing side that can communicate with a plurality of network elements, with each network element implementing a common IDL architecture and RPC manager instance. The RPC manager instance may communicate with other RPC manager instances to 'learn' the network topology for the system and maintain a topology database for purposes of exposing a naming service. The network elements may select one master element. The central manager gateway may automatically locate the master network element to forward client requests.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3