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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2006
Applicant:
Rick C. Stevens, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Inventor:
Rick C. Stevens, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical communication system and method for use in communicating data between nodes using wavelength division multiplexing includes an optical backbone to provide an optical pathway between the nodes. Arbitration information on a dedicated arbitration wavelength transmitted during an arbitration cycle is used by the plurality of nodes to select one of a plurality of wavelengths at which to transmit data during a subsequent data cycle.