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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Drew D. Perkins, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ting-kuang Chiang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Marco E. Sosa, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Yin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Edward E. Sprague, Woodside, CA (US);
Drew D. Perkins, Saratoga, CA (US);
Ting-Kuang Chiang, Saratoga, CA (US);
Marco E. Sosa, San Jose, CA (US);
Mark Yin, Cupertino, CA (US);
Edward E. Sprague, Woodside, CA (US);
Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a system, apparatus and method for modularly adapting a network node architecture to function in one of a plurality of potential node types. The architecture includes a configurable switching element, integrated optics, and a plurality of modules that allow a 'type' of node to be adapted and configured within the base architecture. The module interfaces may be optical or electrical and be used to construct various different types of nodes including regenerators, add/drop nodes, terminal nodes, and multi-way nodes using the same base architecture.