Pair routing between undersea fiber optic cables
US11789209B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 10, 2022 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2042 |
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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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