Wavelength division multiplexing optical communication network
US5796501A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 11, 1996 |
| Grant date | Aug 18, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L7/04
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To simplify the connection protocols of an optical communication network using wavelength division multiplexing and to increase the throughput of the network, each node sends messages on a specific wavelength and associates destination labels with them. A network controller receives the messages and the labels and forwards the messages on the receive wavelength of their destination node(s). Applications include local area networks.
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