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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2002
Paolo L. Narvaez, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gary S. Tse, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lama Mouayad, San Jose, CA (US);
Paolo L. Narvaez, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gary S. Tse, San Mateo, CA (US);
Lama Mouayad, San Jose, CA (US);
Raza Microelectronics, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A high-speed optical network includes according to the invention a housing having a plurality of slots for accommodating a number of line cards and an optional backplane facilitating communication between the line cards. The line cards include a client communication interface and a DWDM communication interface, for example, gigabit Ethernet interface, SONET interface or DWDM interface. Advantages of the invention include a high-speed network and network components that are capable of performing at a level consistent with optical network systems and which efficiently supports DWDM in a space-effective and cost-effective manner.