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US 10,998,977 B2Granted
System and method of optical fiber communication
AssigneeNeptune Subsea IP Limited
InventorHerve A. Fevrier
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Abstract
A system includes (i) an optical link including multiple spans of optical fiber and multiple network elements and (ii) at least one switch configured to reverse a direction that at least one of the network elements communicates over the optical link.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- an optical link comprising a plurality of multiple spans of optical fiber and multiple network elements;
- and
- at least one switch configured to reverse a direction that at least one of the network elements communicates over at least one of the plurality of multiple spans of optical fiber to change a number of optical fibers being used for transmission in a first direction so that the optical link has greater capacity in the first direction than in an opposite second direction.
A method of controlling an optical link comprising a plurality of multiple spans of optical fiber and multiple network elements, the method comprising:
- configuring at least one switch coupled to at least one of the network elements to control a direction of communication by the at least one network element over at least one of the plurality of multiple spans of optical fiber;
- and
- reconfiguring the at least one switch to change the direction of communication by the at least one network element over the at least one of the plurality of multiple spans of optical fiber to change a number of optical fibers being used for transmission in a first direction so that the optical link has greater capacity in the first direction than in an opposite second direction.
An apparatus comprising:
- a network element configured to be coupled to an optical link comprising a plurality of multiple spans of optical fiber;
- and
- a switch configured to reverse a direction that the network element communicates over one of the plurality of multiple spans of optical fiber to change a number of optical fibers being used for transmission in a first direction so that the optical link has greater capacity in the first direction than in an opposite second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.