Optical network having protection configuration

Details Optical network having protection configuration Optical network having protection configuration

1997-04-02

1999-04-20

Bovernick, Rodney

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Plural

370216, H04L 122

Patent

active

058964746

ABSTRACT:
A passive optical-connection network having a protection configuration consists of at least two subnetworks (1, 2), each comprising an access node (1.1, 2.1), a feed network (1.2, 2.2), and a tree-shapedly branched access network (1.3, 2.3). According to this protection configuration there is coupled an end (1.7, 2.7) of a feed network (1, 2), both over a first set (s1) of switches by way of operational connections (1.22 and 2.22) to access ports (1.14 and 2.14) of the access network of the own subnetwork, and over a second set (s2) of switches by way of protection connections (1.23 and 2.23) to corresponding access ports (2.14 and 1.14) of the access network of another subnetwork. The advantage is that corresponding parts of neighbouring similar subnetworks may be used multiply in failure situations without duplicating costly network parts.

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