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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2005
Bruce G. Cortez, Freehold, NJ (US);
Frank Cariello, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Mitchell H. Fuchs, Toms River, NJ (US);
John Fraterrigo, Toms River, NJ (US);
Bruce G. Cortez, Freehold, NJ (US);
Frank Cariello, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Mitchell H. Fuchs, Toms River, NJ (US);
John Fraterrigo, Toms River, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for replacing legacy interfaces of add drop ring optical networks using STS-3 granularity with an optical hub using STS-1 granularity. In order to avoid locking up ports on the optical hub with dedicated STS-3 packages, a signal broadcast feature of the optical hub, originally provided for remote provisioning, may be adapted to allow a single port to broadcast a signal on multiple and contiguous timeslots to the legacy networks expecting STS-3 granularity.