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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 01, 2008
Applicants:
Keren Bergman, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assaf Shacham, Magshimim, IL;
Inventors:
Keren Bergman, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assaf Shacham, Magshimim, IL;
Assignee:
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical network is disclosed comprising one or more photonic switching nodes is disclosed. Each of the switching nodes comprises a plurality of input ports; at least one output port; and a switch configured to route messages between the plurality of input ports and the at least one output port and provide bufferless resolution of contention between messages for a common output port.