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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Omer F. Yilmaz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stephane St-Laurent, Roxboro, CA;
Steve Sanders, Los Altos, CA (US);
Matthew L. Mitchell, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Assignee:
Infinera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04B 10/038 (2013.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04B 10/03 (2013.01); H04B 10/077 (2013.01); H04L 41/0677 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); H04L 41/0668 (2022.01); H04L 43/08 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/0221 (2013.01); H04B 10/03 (2013.01); H04B 10/038 (2013.01); H04B 10/0771 (2013.01); H04B 10/0791 (2013.01); H04J 3/1652 (2013.01); H04J 14/0291 (2013.01); H04L 41/0677 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/0668 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and optical power controllers are disclosed. Various problems caused by the use of a single L0 power controller in the prior art are addressed by using first and second L0 power controllers with the first L0 power controller managing first optical components with the optical network, and the second L0 power controller managing second optical components within the optical network.