Modular add/drop multiplexer including a wavelength...

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2007-12-11

2007-12-11

Pascal, Leslie (Department: 2613)

Optical communications

Multiplex

Optical switching

C398S085000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10768057

ABSTRACT:
Consistent with the present invention, tunable demultiplexers are provided in WSS-based add/drop multiplexer. The tunable demultiplexers are modular and thus allow the add/drop multiplexer to be readily expandable, and facilitate flexible add/drop capabilities whereby a channel present on any input line to the WSS can be dropped and supplied to one or more desired outputs of the tunable demultiplexer. Similar flexibility can be achieved on the add-side of the WSS. Moreover, the demultiplexers and the WSS are remotely configurable, thus obviating the need to manually disconnect and connect demultiplexers to a router. In a particular embodiment, multicast switches are provided that permit the same channel, for example, to be provided to one or more outputs of the add/drop multiplexer, such that copy of the channel can carry working traffic while the other copy carries protection traffic. As a result, 1+1 and 1:N optical layer protection can be achieved.

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patent: 6122096 (2000-09-01), Fatehi
patent: 6348984 (2002-02-01), Mizrahi
patent: 2002/0186432 (2002-12-01), Roorda et al.

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