Optical communications – Multiplex – Wavelength division or frequency division
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-27
2007-02-27
Singh, Dalzid (Department: 2613)
Optical communications
Multiplex
Wavelength division or frequency division
C398S081000, C398S085000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10876487
ABSTRACT:
A reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer is disclosed including an optical splitter receiving an input optical signal and splitting the input optical signal into a dropped optical signal and an express optical signal; a wavelength blocker optically coupled to the optical splitter, the wavelength blocker blocking particular wavelengths in the express optical signal; a cassette having a plurality of slots capable of accepting a plurality of pluggable optical filters; at least one pluggable optical filter optically coupled to the optical splitter, the pluggable optical filter filtering wavelengths so as to output a particular wavelength channel from the dropped optical signal; and an optical combiner optically coupled to the wavelength blocker and to an optical add path on which an optical add signal may be carried, the optical combiner combining the express optical signal having particular wavelengths expressed by the wavelength blocker and the optical add signal.
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Barnard Chris
Li Melissa
Zaccarin Denis
Bernard Christopher L.
Brown Tyler S.
Ciena Corporation
Clements / Walker
Singh Dalzid
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