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Data communications apparatus

US7551853B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 2005
Grant dateJun 23, 2009
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Expiry dateNov 6, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1097
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus achieves data communications between a data storage controller and data storage devices within a data storage system via an optical network. The apparatus includes a wavelength division multiplexing logic for simultaneously establishing, on the optical network, a number of arbitrated communications loops between the controller and the data storage system, for communicating data between the controller and the storage devices.

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