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Pair routing between three undersea fiber optic cables

US11487063B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 3, 2021
Grant dateNov 1, 2022
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Expiry dateApr 28, 2041

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2011/0094
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An undersea fiber optic cable routing architecture including a branching unit coupled to three trunk cables capable of switching individual fibers in each fiber pair within a cable to either of the other two cables. The branching unit comprises a plurality of optical switches and a controller for receiving remote command signals and configuring the optical switches in accordance with the remote command signals.

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