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Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 22, 2024
Applicant:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Daniel Shew, Ottawa, CA;

Sebastien Gareau, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/0264 (2013.01); H04J 14/0232 (2013.01); H04J 14/0267 (2013.01);
Abstract

A sub-carrier multiplexing (SCM) system include a digital layer including circuitry configured to interface with a client via a client signal and to interface with a media layer via a plurality of constituent signals, that together comprise the client signal; and the media layer including sub-carrier multiplexing (SCM) with each sub-carrier configured to carry one of the plurality of constituent signals. The client signal can be an Ethernet signal, Optical Transport Network (OTN) signal, etc., and the plurality of constituent signals can be Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) layer signals, Flexible OTN (FlexO) layer signals, Metro Transport Network (MTN) layer signals, ZR layer signals, etc.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Shew, Stephen. (2026). Bonding over sub-carrier multiplexed channels (U.S. Patent No. 12671517). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12671517

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