Port-to-port, non-blocking, scalable optical router...

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2002-04-03

2008-09-16

Pham, Chi H. (Department: 2616)

Multiplex communications

Pathfinding or routing

Switching a message which includes an address header

C370S429000, C398S047000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07426210

ABSTRACT:
One embodiment of the present invention includes a router comprising an ingress edge unit with one or more ports and an egress edge unit with one or more ports connected by a switch fabric. The ingress edge unit can receive optical data and convert the optical data into a plurality of micro lambdas. The ingress edge unit can convert the incoming data to micro lambdas by generating a series of short-term parallel data bursts across multiple wavelengths. The ingress edge unit can also wavelength division multiplex and time domain multiplex each micro lambda for transmission to the switch fabric in a particular order. The switch fabric can receive the plurality of micro lambdas and route the plurality of micro lambdas to the plurality of egress edge units in a non-blocking manner.

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