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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michel Sotom, Paris, FR;
Francesco Masetti, Paris, FR;
Dominique De Bouard, Ste Genevieve des Bois, FR;
Jean-Michel Gabriagues, Asnieres, FR;
Dominique Chiaroni, Antony, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel N.V., Rijswij, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359125 ; 359117 ; 359139 ; 359140 ;
Abstract
To simplify the connection protocols of an optical communication network using wavelength division multiplexing and to increase the throughput of the network, each node sends messages on a specific wavelength and associates destination labels with them. A network controller receives the messages and the labels and forwards the messages on the receive wavelength of their destination node(s). Applications include local area networks.