Optical communications – Fault recovery – Bypass inoperative element
Reexamination Certificate
2005-02-01
2005-02-01
Sedighian, M. R. (Department: 2633)
Optical communications
Fault recovery
Bypass inoperative element
C398S001000, C398S012000, C398S019000, C370S217000, C370S220000, C370S244000, C714S003000, C714S025000, C714S048000, C714S820000, C714S822000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06850704
ABSTRACT:
Fault tolerance is provided in a cross-connect system having only duplicated switch fabrics, instead of the triplicated switch fabrics of the prior art. In addition to the two information switch fabrics, the cross-connect system has a relatively small code switch fabric which switches check-code signals generated at each input interface for each input signal sent to an information switch fabric. Fault-detection and error-recovery components in each output interface (1) generate local check-code signals for each outgoing signals received from an information switch fabric and (2) compare those local check-code signals to the corresponding check-code signal received from the code switch fabric to detect a failure and to select a healthy signal as the output signal for that output interface. In one embodiment, input and output interfaces are clustered, and the corresponding input and output check-code signals are multiplexed, for even greater savings in overhead (e.g., fewer check-code cables to and from the code switch fabric).
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Kim David S
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
Sedighian M. R.
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