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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2020
Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven Joseph Hand, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Tulasi Veguru, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Prasad Paranjape, Fremont, CA (US);
Han Henry Sun, Ottawa, CA;
Infinera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An example apparatus includes a first communications module having a first transceiver. The first communications module is operable to transmit, using the first transceiver, a plurality of first groups of optical subcarriers to a plurality of second communications modules via free-space optical communication. The first groups of optical subcarriers carry first data, and each of the first groups of optical subcarriers is associated, respectively, with a different one of the second communications modules. The first communications module is also operable to receive, using the first transceiver, plurality of second groups of optical subcarriers from the second communications modules via free-space optical communication. The second groups of optical subcarriers carry second data and each of the second groups of optical subcarriers is associated, respectively, with a different one of the second communications modules.