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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2008
Applicants:
David Z. Chen, Richardson, TX (US);
Joseph Finn, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Inventors:
David Z. Chen, Richardson, TX (US);
Joseph Finn, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An approach is provided for a free-space optical switch. A command is received to change a connection state of a free-space optical transmission path. A mirror is controlled to change the connection state of the free-space optical transmission path with respect to a particular port of a plurality of ports that interface to respective optical fibers, wherein the ports correspond to holes disposed about a circumferential surface of a port ring.