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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2002
Applicant:
Walter Michael Pitio, Morganville, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Walter Michael Pitio, Morganville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bay Microsystems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08C 15/00 (2006.01); H04J 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A telecommunications node architecture is disclosed that comprises multiple switching units that are connected to transceiver banks in a novel topology to enhance the reliability of the telecommunications network. Furthermore, the architecture of the illustrative embodiment facilitates redundancy in a high-bandwidth add/drop multiplexor environment.