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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2008
Applicants:
Mikhail Boroditsky, Highlands, NJ (US);
Nicholas J. Frigo, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Aleksandra Smiljanic, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Mikhail Boroditsky, Highlands, NJ (US);
Nicholas J. Frigo, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Aleksandra Smiljanic, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property II, LP, Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A packet-switched WDMA ring network has an architecture utilizing packet stacking and unstacking for enabling nodes to access the entire link capacity by transmitting and receiving packets on available wavelengths. Packets are added and dropped from the ring by optical switches. A flexible credit-based MAC protocol along with an admission algorithm enhance the network throughput capacity.