Multichannel optical transceiver for matching data traffic classes to channel numbers

US10148386B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Alan F. Benner · Poughkeepsie, US
• Douglas M. Freimuth · New York, US
• Benjamin G. Lee · Ridgefield, US
• Fabrizio Petrini · Palo Alto, US
• Laurent Schares · Pleasantville, US
• Clint L. Schow · Ossining, US
• Mehmet Soyuer · Stamford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 4, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q2011/0086
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A communication system includes first and second devices. The first device includes a first transmitter and a first receiver. The first transmitter transmits one data of a first type using one or more first channels over a first communication link to the second device. The first receiver receives one data of a second type, from the second device, using one or more second channels over the first communication link. The second device includes a second transmitter and a second receiver. The second receiver receives the one data of the first type using the one or more first channels over the first communication link, and to generate the one data of the second type based on the one data of the first type. The second transmitter transmits the one data of the second type using one or more second channels over the first communication link to the first device.