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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2003
Applicants:
Duncan J. Bremner, Lochwinnoch, GB;
Finn Helmer, Blanefield, GB;
Eivind Johansen, Horsholm, DK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical network may be configured dynamically so that a given channel wavelength can operate in either direction over a fiber in a network. Thus, network providers can provision bandwidth according to the traffic characteristics of the network link in question. A plurality of transceiver modules on either side of a fiber may be switched from a transmit mode to a receive mode depending on the desired direction of the channel.