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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philippe Guignard, Pleumeur Bodou, FR;
Andre Hamel, Lannion, FR;
Assignee:
France Telecom, , FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359118 ; 359140 ; 359119 ;
Abstract
According to the present invention, an optical communications network is provided, which network comprises control means for controlling the network and a plurality of stations each having an information emitter and receiver. The stations are interconnected by optical signal transmission supports and the control means. According to the present invention, main delays of the stations are controllably modifiable, as desired, by the control means. Particular utility is found in the area of private communications networks, although other utilities are contemplated.