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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1999
Alfonso B. Piccirilli, Greenbrook, NJ (US);
Herman Melvin Presby, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Alfonso B. Piccirilli, Greenbrook, NJ (US);
Herman Melvin Presby, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of optical communication having improved security is described. The data content of an initially provided data signal is apportioned among two or more distinct optical wavelength channels. A transmitted signal spans these two or more channels. A respective portion of the data content of the transmitted signal is allocated to each of the optical wavelength channels. In certain embodiments of the invention, each such portion comprises data placed in the pertinent wavelength channel during assigned time windows.