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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H02J 5/00 (2016.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04B 10/25 (2013.01); H02J 50/12 (2016.01); H02J 50/20 (2016.01); H02J 50/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/40 (2013.01); H02J 5/005 (2013.01); H04B 10/25891 (2020.05); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H02J 50/12 (2016.02); H02J 50/20 (2016.02); H02J 50/30 (2016.02);
Abstract
A pluggable module includes an interface configured to connect to a connector associated with a device having internal circuits; an optical interface configured to connect to a network path, to enable communication between the internal circuits and the network path; and a signal interface configured to connect to a second pluggable module in the device, wherein the signal interface connects to the second pluggable module as an out-of-band channel that operates independently from a backplane of the device and the internal circuits.