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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Applicants:
John Deandrea, New Hope, PA (US);
Massimo Di Blassio, Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
John DeAndrea, New Hope, PA (US);
Massimo Di Blassio, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Finisar Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/06 (2006.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/291 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/291 (2013.01);
Abstract
A linecard includes at least one pluggable device, a linecard processor, and a centralized host processor. The linecard also includes an interface that supports a pluggable device. A pluggable device is electrically coupled to the interface and is controlled by the centralized host processor. A flash memory stores data for the pluggable device. The pluggable device can include at least one of an optical amplifier and a ROADM pluggable device.