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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2011
Ankit Singla, Urbana, IL (US);
Atul Singh, Princeton, NJ (US);
Kishore Ramachandran, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Lei Xu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Yueping Zhang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Ankit Singla, Urbana, IL (US);
Atul Singh, Princeton, NJ (US);
Kishore Ramachandran, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
Lei Xu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Yueping Zhang, Princeton, NJ (US);
NEC Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
An all-optical transmission system includes an optical switch matrix, a plurality of optical components communicating over the optical switch matrix, and a top of rack (ToR) switch coupled to each optical component. Each ToR switch communicates with the optical components and with other ToR switches. The optical component includes a send circuit and a receive circuit with the send circuit having a ToR transceiver to receive data, a multiplexer coupled to the ToR transceiver, a Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) coupled to the multiplexer, and a circulator coupled to the WSS.