Systems and methods for transmitting routable optical energy packets
AssigneeElwha LLC
InventorsRoderick A. Hyde, Edward K.Y. Jung
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Abstract
A system for transmitting routable energy packets includes an optical power source and a processing circuit. The optical power source is configured to generate an optical power packet having optical energy, generate an optical data packet comprising routing information configured to control a route of the optical power packet, and transmit the optical power packet and the optical data packet via a conduit. The processing circuit is configured to generate the routing information to be transmitted within the optical data packet, and control a transmission by the optical power source.
Claims35
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform operations for transmitting routable energy packets, the operations comprising:
- generating, with an optical power source, an optical power packet having optical energy;
- generating routing information configured to control a route of the optical power packet;
- generating an optical data packet comprising the routing information;
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- transmitting the optical power packet and the optical data packet via a conduit such that the optical power packet and the optical data packet are co-propagating.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform operations for transmitting routable energy packets, the operations comprising:
- generating, with an optical power source, an optical power packet having optical energy;
- generating identification information identifying a source and a recipient of the optical power packet;
- generating an optical data packet comprising identification information;
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- transmitting the optical power packet and the optical data packet via a conduit such that the optical power packet and the optical data packet are co-propagating.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to perform operations for routing energy packets, the operations comprising:
- analyzing routing information of a received optical data packet, wherein the optical data packet comprises the routing information, and wherein the optical data packet was received by a router device;
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- routing, using the router device, an optical power packet having optical energy, wherein the optical power packet was co-propagating with the optical data packet and received by the router device, and wherein the optical power packet is routed based on the routing information.
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