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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2012
Jeffrey Clifford Mogul, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Dwight L. Barron, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin B. Leigh, Houston, TX (US);
Jayaram Mudigonda, San Jose, CA (US);
Praveen Yalagandula, San Francisco, CA (US);
Guodong Zhang, Plano, TX (US);
Terrel Morris, Garland, TX (US);
Jeffrey Clifford Mogul, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Dwight L. Barron, Houston, TX (US);
Kevin B. Leigh, Houston, TX (US);
Jayaram Mudigonda, San Jose, CA (US);
Praveen Yalagandula, San Francisco, CA (US);
Guodong Zhang, Plano, TX (US);
Terrel Morris, Garland, TX (US);
HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Connectors of a first removable modular optical connection assembly, having a first predefined arrangement of optical signal conduits, are connected to respective connectors on a support structure that are optically connected to corresponding devices. The first modular optical connection assembly is replaceable with a second modular optical connection assembly having a second, different predefined arrangement of optical signal conduits, to change a topology of a network.