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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles Calvin Byers, Aurora, IL (US);
Stephen Joseph Hinterlong, Elburn, IL (US);
Robert Allen Novotny, Naperville, IL (US);
Robert E. Richardson, Wheaton, IL (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/000 ;
Abstract
The scanning free space optical broadband access network uses LASERs to carry high-speed data streams between a central location and a number of subscribers served from that location. High-speed digital data modulates the LASERs in both directions, allowing a virtual MAN to be created. A few dozen subscribers share a single virtual pipe with several hundred Mbps band-width available. Beam scanning techniques at a central hub permit a single LASER and optical assembly to serve many customers.