Distributed reconfigurable switching node for multiple core fiber
AssigneeSubcom, LLC
InventorsLara Denise Garrett, Haifeng Li, Alexei N. Pilipetskii, Dmitriy Kovsh
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Abstract
A method and a system for transmission of optical signals. The system includes one or more first switching optical devices configured to switch transmission of one or more optical signals from one or more first fiber cores to one or more second fiber cores. It includes one or more second switching optical devices configured to pass-through transmission of one or more optical signals from one or more first fiber cores to one or more third fiber cores.
Claims20
An apparatus for transmission of one or more optical signals, comprising:
- one or more first switching optical devices configured to switch transmission of the one or more optical signals from one or more first fiber cores to one or more second fiber cores;
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- one or more second switching optical devices configured to pass-through transmission of the one or more optical signals from the one or more first fiber cores to one or more third fiber cores.
A method for transmission of one or more optical signals, comprising:
- receiving the one or more optical signals;
- upon a determination to switch transmission of the one or more optical signals from one or more first fiber cores to one or more second fiber cores, selecting at least one first switching optical device in one or more first switching optical devices and switching, using the selected at least one first switching optical device, transmission of the one or more optical signals from the one or more first fiber cores to the one or more second fiber cores;
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- upon determination to pass-through transmission of the one or more optical signals from the one or more first fiber cores to one or more third fiber cores, selecting at least one second switching optical device in one or more second switching optical devices and passing-through, using the at least one second switching optical device, transmission of the one or more optical signals from the one or more first fiber cores to the one or more third fiber cores.
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