Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexor and optical switching node
US9160478B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 6, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2011/0073
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A colorless, directionless ROADM includes a pair of contentioned add and drop wavelength-selective optical switches, an input wavelength-selective optical switch having one input port, and an output wavelength-selective optical switch having one output port. Unintended input-to-output port couplings, which appear in the “contentioned” add and drop switches, can be mitigated by the input and output wavelength-selective optical switches carrying the through traffic.
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