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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Stephen G. Lambert, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04B 10/112 (2013.01); H04B 10/118 (2013.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/29 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/021 (2013.01); H04B 10/118 (2013.01); H04B 10/1129 (2013.01); H04B 10/29 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A free space optical communications network comprises a constellation of relay nodes in serial optical communication to form an optical path. The relay nodes are configured to wavelength-multiplex a plurality of wavelength-dependent optical bent pipe channels into and out of the optical path.