System for providing high connectivity communications over a packet-switched optical ring network using composite packets

A system for providing high connectivity communications over a packet-switched optical ring network comprising:

• a core optical ring having at least one node, said node being coupled to a subtending system by an optical crossbar switch;
• a device for forming a first composite packet formed by a set of packets generated in parallel by an array of lasers, said device coupled to said optical crossbar switch;
• said first composite packet being parallel packets in a single photonic time slot, said first composite packet to be added to said core optical ring in a vacant photonic time slot via said optical crossbar switch;
• a second composite packet propagating on said core optical ring destined to be dropped at said node for further distribution on said subtending system via said optical crossbar switch;
• an unstacker for serializing said second composite packet dropped at said node, said unstacker coupled to said optical crossbar switch;
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• a detector for distributing said serialized packets to a further destination by said subtending system.

A system for providing high connectivity communications over a packet-switched optical ring network comprising:

• a core optical ring having at least one node, said node coupled to a subtending system by an optical crossbar switch;
• a plurality of composite packets propagating on said core optical ring, wherein at least one of said composite packets is not destined for further distribution on said subtending system so passes through said optical crossbar switch, said optical crossbar switch flipped in a bar state, and further wherein another at least one of said composite packets is destined for further distribution on said subtending system so is dropped onto said subtending system by flipping said optical crossbar switch into a cross state;
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• another composite packet is formed by a device coupled to an optical crossbar switch, said another composite packet is to be added to said core optical ring in a vacant photonic time slot by flipping said optical crossbar switch into said cross state.

A system for accomplishing transparent bypass over a high connectivity communications packed-switched optical ring network comprising:

• a core optical ring with at least one node, said node having an optical crossbar switch, said optical crossbar switch coupled to a subtending system;
• a first composite packet propagating on said core optical ring, said first composite packet being destined for distribution on said subtending system, said first composite packet being dropped via said optical crossbar switch in a cross state;
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• a first WDM coupled to said optical crossbar switch for receiving said first composite packet, and for filtering and separating wavelengths comprising said first composite packet into wavelengths destined for distribution on said subtending system and wavelengths not destined for further distribution on said subtending system, and said first WDM further serializing and outputting packets at the wavelengths destined for distribution on said subtending system, said first WDM forwarding packets at wavelengths not destined for further distribution on said subtending system to a second WDM for outputting back onto said core optical ring via said optical crossbar switch in said cross state.

A system for accomplishing transparent bypass over a high connectivity communications packet-switched optical ring network comprising:

• a core optical ring having at least one node, said node having an optical crossbar switch;
• a first composite packet comprising a plurality of parallel packets in a single photonic time slot propagating on said core optical ring;
• a first portion of said plurality of parallel packets destined for further distribution on a subtending system coupled to said optical crossbar switch;
• a second portion of said plurality of parallel packets to be passed through and output back onto said core optical ring;
• a plurality of three and four port circulators coupled to said optical crossbar switch;
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• a plurality of Fiber Bragg Gratings (FBGs) coupled to and sandwiched between said plurality of three- and four-port circulators, wherein the first portion of said plurality of parallel packets are serialized and further distributed, and said second portion of said plurality of parallel packets are passed through said plurality of three- and four-port circulators and said plurality of FBGs and output back onto said core optical ring.

A system for providing high connectivity communications over an optical ring network comprising:

• a core optical ring having at least one node, said node being coupled to a subtending system by an optical crossbar switch;
• a source for generating a set of serial packets;
• a stacker for forming a first composite packet from said set of serial packets, said stacker coupled to said optical crossbar switch, and said stacker further coupled to said source;
• said first composite packet being parallel packets in a single photonic time slot, said first composite packet to be added to said core optical ring in a vacant photonic time slot via said optical crossbar switch;
• a second composite packet traveling around said core optical ring destined to be dropped at said subtending system for further distribution via said optical crossbar switch;
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• an unstacker for serializing said second composite packet dropped at said subtending system, said unstacker coupled to said optical crossbar switch.