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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2007
Applicants:
Francois Boudreault, Ottawa, CA;
Hanan Anis, Kanata, CA;
S. Richard Pramod, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/00 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a unified optical network architecture for metro and access communication networks, wherein a metro ring network interfaces access PONs through one or more reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers to provide wavelength-reconfigurable all-optical transmission of communication signals from the metro ring network to designated optical network units associated with the end-users, and wherein one metro hub located in the metro ring network is utilized to set transmission wavelengths and timing for both downstream and upstream signal transmission for multiple access PONs.