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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yukio Toyoshima, Musashino, JP;
Keita Nishimoto, Musashino, JP;
Assignee:
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical buffer unit includes a plurality of delay line units each of which gives a delay to optical signals, and a switch that receives an optical signal output from one of the delay line units, includes a first output for outputting the optical signal to a next one of the delay line units and a second output for outputting the optical signal to another apparatus, and outputs the optical signal from the first output or the second output.