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Optical burst switching node with internal speedup

US7499650B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · CN

Inventors

Sheng Wang · Beijing, CN
Huan Song · Chengdu, CN
Du Xu · Sichuan, CN
Wei Sin TAN · Nanhu, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 26, 2004
Grant date	Mar 3, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 27, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q2011/0052
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multiple-plane OBS node comprises N input ports, N 1×N switches, N switching planes, N2 FDLs, N optical couplers, and N output ports, each input port is connected with the input of a corresponding 1×N switches, the N outputs of each 1×N switch are connected with a corresponding input of each switching plane respectively, a corresponding output of each switching plane is connected with the input of the same corresponding optical coupler via a respective FDL, and each output port is connected with the output of a corresponding optical coupler, wherein N is an integer.

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