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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Plexxi Inc, Nashua, NH (US);
Inventor:
Denis H. deRuijter, Harvard, MA (US);
Assignee:
PLEXXI INC., Nashua, NH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/077 (2013.01); H04B 10/275 (2013.01); H04L 12/437 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/0773 (2013.01); H04B 10/275 (2013.01); H04L 12/437 (2013.01);
Abstract
A data center network that employs an optical network having optical nodes arranged in a ring topology uses a method of topography discovery and maintenance so that connectivity can be maintained and node failures, link failures, end stations being discovered on the network, etc., can be handled without impacting network performance.