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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2001
Jeffrey Gullicksen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daniel E. Klausmeler, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Richard W. Conklin, Gainesville, GA (US);
Jeffrey Gullicksen, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daniel E. Klausmeler, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Richard W. Conklin, Gainesville, GA (US);
CIENA Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);
Abstract
A switch element is configured to extend communications between data lines. The switch element includes a set of ingress devices, a set of center stage devices, and a set of egress devices. Each center stage device is connectable to each ingress device and to each egress device. Each ingress device connects to a corresponding egress device across one of the center stage devices. The center stage switch can be selectively actuated to accommodate a new ingress or egress device across the center stage switch.