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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Emmanuel Desurvire, Bruyeres le Chatel, FR;
Jose Chesnoy, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Generale d'Electricite, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359115 ; 359138 ; 359139 ; 359165 ; 359173 ;
Abstract
Optical pulses carrying information to be conveyed are routed, for each pulse, by the intensity of the pulse. The pulses may be solitons. The invention is particularly applicable to long distance communications.