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Patent No.:

US 7441061 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008

Filed:

Feb. 16, 2006
Applicant:

Douglas A. Gilligan, Newark, CA (US);

Inventor:

Douglas A. Gilligan, Newark, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Inter-module communications of an optical network element are described herein. In one embodiment, an exemplary optical network element includes multiple functional modules arranged in multiple shelves and multiple management modules for coordinating the functional modules. Each of the management modules corresponds to each of the shelves respectively. Each of the management modules includes a memory having multiple memory regions, where each memory region corresponds to each of the functional modules of a respective shelf to allow each of the functional modules of the respective shelf to communicate with the management module by accessing a respective memory region. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.


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Gilligan, Douglas. (2008). Method and apparatus for inter-module communications of an optical network element (U.S. Patent No. 7441061). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7441061

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