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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:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Applicant:
David F. Smith, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Inventor:
David F. Smith, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
Broadwing Corporation, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for transmitting traffic in an optical communication system comprising separating the input traffic into a plurality of data signals, parameter encoding the data signals, transmitting each of the data signals on a separate optical channel, receiving the data signals on the channels, parameter decoding the data signals, and combining the plurality of data signals from the channels into output traffic corresponding to the input traffic.