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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Applicants:
Yoram Ofek, Riverdale, NY (US);
Mario Baldi, Cuneo, IT;
Inventors:
Yoram Ofek, Riverdale, NY (US);
Mario Baldi, Cuneo, IT;
Assignee:
Synchrodyne Networks, Inc., Riverdale, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/43 (2006.01); H04J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A time-based switching method and system of SONET frames that utilize a common time reference is disclosed. Time is divided into a plurality of contiguous periodic time frames. A plurality of SONET frames is associated with a time frame; the plurality of SONET frames that are contained in each of the time frames is forwarded in a pipelined manner through the network switches. The system operates with high-speed wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) links. This switching method can be used to implement an all-optical SONET switching system.