Method and system of network switch optimization

US10193637B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

• Robert J. Drost · Los Altos, US
• Michael Brodsky · Brookline, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 19, 2016
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2019
• Expiry date: Jan 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B10/70
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining a network configuration for the delivery of entangled photons individually to a plurality of users, the network comprising a plurality of inputs, switches, and outputs operatively connected by optical fibers;