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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:
Apr. 05, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 17, 2020
Applicant:

Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventor:

Kevan Peter Jones, Kanata, CA;

Assignee:

Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/35 (2006.01); H04L 12/933 (2013.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 49/15 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/0212 (2013.01); G02B 6/3518 (2013.01); G02B 6/3548 (2013.01); G02B 6/3556 (2013.01); G02B 6/3592 (2013.01); H04J 14/021 (2013.01); H04J 14/0293 (2013.01); H04L 49/15 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0015 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0039 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0047 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus includes a first input port, a first switch, and a second switch. The first switch and the second input port are in optical communication with the first input port. The apparatus also includes a second input port, a third switch, and a fourth switch. The third switch and the fourth switch are in optical communication with the second input port. Each switch is switchable between a first state to pass optical signals and a second state to block optical signals. The apparatus also includes a first combiner in optical communication with the first input port via the first switch and the second input port via the third switch. The apparatus also includes a second combiner in optical communication with the first input port via the second switch and the second input port via the fourth switch.


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