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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 05, 2017
Applicant:

Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Youichi Akasaka, Plano, TX (US);

Tadashi Ikeuchi, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:

Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/00 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04J 14/0212 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0062 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/009 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0009 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for intra data center optical switching of optical signals use an intra data center optical switch to optically transmit N optical wavelengths as an optical signal transmitting a data stream generated by a data center system included within N data center systems. The data center system may selectively receive one of N−1 optical wavelengths as another optical signal corresponding to one of N−1 other data center systems excluding the data center system from the intra data center optical switch. In this manner, intra data center optical switching may be performed without utilizing Ethernet and optical switches, which may result in reduced power consumption for data center communication.


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