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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
James S. Hiscock, Rockport, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/25 (2013.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0066 (2013.01); H04J 14/0256 (2013.01); H04J 14/0282 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0064 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network can include a logical core switch, a passive splitter optically connected to the logical core switch, and client access devices each optically connected to the passive splitter to form a homerun topology between the plurality of client access devices and the logical core switch. The network can be a software defined network (SDN) including a logical control plane.