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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2023
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Michael Y. Frankel, Bethesda, MD (US);
Vladimir Pelekhaty, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A method of configuring an express mesh satellite network includes monitoring a plurality of satellites in a constellation, wherein each of the plurality of satellites includes a plurality of coherent optical modems; determining a topology of the constellation based on (1) ground traffic sources and sinks and (2) locations of any of the plurality of satellites; and causing the any of the plurality of satellites and their corresponding plurality of coherent optical modems to perform one or more of a relay function and a ground link, with corresponding coherent optical modems of the plurality of coherent optical, and based on the topology.