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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2017
Applicants:
Mark E. Boduch, Geneva, IL (US);
Kimon Papakos, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark E. Boduch, Geneva, IL (US);
Kimon Papakos, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/294 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04B 10/2941 (2013.01); H04J 14/0204 (2013.01); H04J 14/0205 (2013.01); H04J 14/0206 (2013.01); H04J 14/0212 (2013.01); H04J 14/0217 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0009 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0015 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a software programmable reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexer (ROADM) comprising of a plurality of wavelength switches and a plurality of waveguide switches, wherein when the plurality of waveguide switches are set to a first switch configuration, the software programmable ROADM provides n degrees of an n-degree optical node, and wherein when the waveguide switches are set to a second switch configuration, the software programmable ROADM provides k degrees of an m-degree optical node.