Dual-mode network

US9602311B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Ahmad R. Dhaini · Kitchener, CA
• Marc De Leenheer · Sunnyvale, US
• Leonid G. Kazovsky · Aberdeen, US
• Thomas Shunrong Shen · Stanford, US
• Shuang Yin · Sunnyvale, US
• Benjamin A. Detwiler · Menlo Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 6, 2015
• Grant date: Mar 21, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 5, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04Q11/0067
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods that include a first gateway circuit in an optical access network connecting a plurality of end-of-network users to a central node, the first gateway circuit connecting one of the plurality of end-of-network users to the central node via fiber optic data lines. Further, the first gateway circuit is configured and arranged to: relay a first set of data between the end-of-network user and the central node using a packet-switching communication protocol, and relay a second set of data between the end-of-network user and the central node using an optical flow switching communication protocol.