Sliceable router with packet over optical OFDM transmission
US8089993B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2011/0077
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A sliceable router includes a forwarding engine; a routing engine coupled to the forwarding engine; multiple virtual packet interfaces coupled to the forwarding engine, wherein the interfaces shares an optical orthogonal frequency-division multiple accesses (OFDMA)-based programmable transceiver for interface virtualization; and one or more physical packet interfaces coupled to the forwarding engine.
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