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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:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
I. Claude Denton, Beaverton, OR (US);
Bruce Murdock, Beaverton, OR (US);
James L. Gimlett, Tigard, OR (US);
Edward L. Hershberg, Portland, OR (US);
Scott W. Lowrey, Portland, OR (US);
Richard A. Booman, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Alfred C. She, Beaverton, OR (US);
I. Claude Denton, Beaverton, OR (US);
Bruce Murdock, Beaverton, OR (US);
James L. Gimlett, Tigard, OR (US);
Edward L. Hershberg, Portland, OR (US);
Scott W. Lowrey, Portland, OR (US);
Richard A. Booman, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Alfred C. She, Beaverton, OR (US);
Null Networks LLC, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
An optical networking module is formed with an integrated module including optical, optical-electrical and protocol processing components, and complementary software. In one embodiment, the integral protocol processing component is a single ASIC and supports multiple protocols. The module is further equipped with support control electronics in support of control functions to manage the optical, optical-electrical as well as the multi-protocol processing component. The integrated module together with the complementary control software present to an optical networking equipment designer/developer a singular component that handles optical to electrical and electrical to optical conversion, as well as data link and physical sub-layer processing for a selected one of a plurality of datacom and telecom protocols, spanning local, regional as well as wide area networks. The integrated module and complementary control software further presents to the optical networking designer/developer a unified software interface for managing-the various components and functions.