H04J 14/0241
Wavelength allocation for communications one-to-one
Official title: {Wavelength allocation for communications one-to-one, e.g. unicasting wavelengths}
H04J14/0241 (Wavelength allocation for communications one-to-one) appears on 1,837 US grants and 1,865 published applications in this corpus.
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- Supporting communications in optical communication systems21 Jul 2026US 12,689,849 B2Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
- High-capacity channel for higher speed passive optical networks14 Jul 2026US 12,683,704 B2MaxLinear, Inc.
- Wavelength configuration apparatus and system, and wavelength configuration method9 Jun 2026US 12,652,120 B2Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Optical communication network system20 Aug 2026US 2026/0246556 A1Keio University
- Free Space Optics Network13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238372 A1
- Multi-band coexistence element16 Jul 2026US 2026/0205199 A1Frontier Communications Holdings, LLC
- Signal transmission system, optical transmission apparatus and signal transmission method25 Jun 2026US 2026/0180706 A1NTT, Inc.
- Systems and methods for activating multi-rate optical network units in optical networks30 Apr 2026US 2026/0121781 A1Adtran, Inc.
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- Digital communication network architecture for providing universal information services520US 4,763,317 AAmerican Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories · 1988
- Power line communications system and method of operating the same239US 7,321,291 B2Current Technologies, LLC · 2008
- Wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical network system227US 9,008,513 B2Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute · 2015
- Method and apparatus for multiplexing in a wireless communication infrastructure211US 6,826,163 B2NEXTG Networks · 2004
- Distributed termination system for two-way hybrid networks210US 6,490,727 B1Harmonic, Inc. · 2002