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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Applicants:
Alnoor M. Shivji, Fremont, CA (US);
Sunil Tomar, Fremont, CA (US);
Rafat S. Pirzada, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alnoor M. Shivji, Fremont, CA (US);
Sunil Tomar, Fremont, CA (US);
Rafat S. Pirzada, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
CIENA Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Network data is received in a first format. The data is converted to a synchronous optical network (SONET) format. Switching functions are performed on the SONET formatted data. The SONET formatted data is converted to a second format. In one embodiment, the switching functions on the SONET formatted data contains performing time switching and space switching.