Patent · US Expired

Optical bypass method and architecture

US6920277B2 · kind B2 · utility

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28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 3, 2003
Grant dateJul 19, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 3, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J14/0227
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention pertains to optical fiber transmission networks, and is particularly relevant to transmission of high volume of data and voice traffic among different locations. In particular, the improvement teaches improvements to an optical transport system to allow for efficient and flexible network evolution.

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