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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Aref Chowdhury, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Dominick Scordo, Leonardo, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Aref Chowdhury, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Dominick Scordo, Leonardo, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04J 14/0212 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/003 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0011 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0058 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a wavelength-selective optical switch able to route light between a first optical port and a plurality of second optical ports. The wavelength-selective optical switch includes a bank of optical wavelength-converters. Each wavelength converter of the bank is able to selectively optically couple an optical data stream on a wavelength-channel between the first optical port and individual ones of the second optical ports.