Multiplexing low-order to high-order ODU signals in an optical transport network
US9025594B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 5, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 19, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J3/1652
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for multiplexing one or more Low-Order (LO) ODUj/ODUflex clients into a High-Order (HO) ODUk in an Optical Transport Network (OTN). LO bytes are multiplexed in accordance with a tributary slot assignment for a selected LO ODUj of the HO ODUk stream using a permutation matrix. In an implementation, each byte on each ingress port of a W-port space-time-space switch is configurably assigned to an associated timeslot of an associated egress port, using time-division multiplexing. The number of TribSlots assigned to an ODUflex may be increased and decreased hitlessly. A Clos-like Space-Time-Space switch is used to interleave bytes from Low-Order ODUk words into High-Order ODUk words.
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