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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2008
Yuanqiu Luo, Hightstown, NJ (US);
SI Yin, Kearny, NJ (US);
Jianjun Yu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Lei Zong, Princeton, NJ (US);
Yuanqiu Luo, Hightstown, NJ (US);
Si Yin, Kearny, NJ (US);
Jianjun Yu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Lei Zong, Princeton, NJ (US);
NEC Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
A storage area network extension, network and method include a storage terminal coupled to a remote node. The remote node is connected to a passive optical network (PON) for transferring data signals in the PON and storage signals to/from the storage terminal by employing subcarrier channels in the PON to enable concurrent bidirectional transfer of the data and the storage signals. A storage area network is coupled to the storage terminal and configured to store and retrieve the storage signals for transfer over the PON.