Optical grooming interconnection network
US10819438B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 26, 2019 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2011/0073
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method for an optical grooming network; wherein a set of switches form an optical grooming interconnection system where each switch is communicatively coupled to each other switch; a set of clients; where each switch of the set of switches is communicatively coupled to a client of the clients; wherein each client receiver is enabled to communicate through the set of switches to any client or modem; and a set of coherent optical modems; wherein each coherent optical modem is communicatively coupled to a switch of the set of switches; wherein each client of the clients is able to communicate through the set of switches to every coherent optical modem of the set of coherent optical modems, and each coherent optical modem in the set of coherent optical modems can communicate to every coherent optical modem of the set of coherent optical modems.
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