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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2007
Brian L. Uhlhorn, St. Paul, MN (US);
Howard J. Schantz, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Brian L. Uhlhorn, St. Paul, MN (US);
Howard J. Schantz, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems, networks, and methods of providing an Internet protocol routing network are disclosed. One Internet protocol routing network includes: a number of local subnet routers, where the routers are Internet protocol (IP) enabled; a single mode optical fiber cable, where the local subnet routers are coupled to the optical fiber cable; and one or more optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) encoder/decoder coupled to the optical fiber cable, where a number of channels associated with the local subnet routers are assigned an OCDMA signature code.