Optical links with elastic bandwidth and resiliency for dynamically adaptable end-to-end bandwidth and link reliability
US10425160B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q11/04
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Example methods and apparatus to implement an electrical/optical transceiver to facilitate data transfer are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an electrical transceiver lane to transfer data at a first bandwidth over an electrical link. The example apparatus also includes a plurality of optical transceiver sub-lanes to transfer data over an optical link. The example apparatus also includes a lane switch to dynamically map the electrical transceiver lane to the plurality of optical transceiver sub-lanes based on an analysis of the first bandwidth and the plurality of optical transceiver sub-lanes to accommodate the first bandwidth with at least a subset of the plurality of optical transceiver sub-lanes to transfer data between the electrical link and the optical link.
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