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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2016
Applicants:
Mark E. Boduch, Geneva, IL (US);
Kimon Papakos, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
Mark E. Boduch, Geneva, IL (US);
Kimon Papakos, Evanston, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04B 10/032 (2013.01); H04B 10/038 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/032 (2013.01); H04B 10/038 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04J 14/026 (2013.01); H04J 14/0287 (2013.01); H04B 2201/70703 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing path protection for rate-adaptive optics is provided. As part of the method, an aggregate input bit stream is received. The aggregate input bit stream is then transmitted using a rate-adaptive optical transceiver when transmitting on a first optical path. When the first optical path has a fault, the aggregate input bit stream is then transmitted on a second optical path using the rate-adaptive optical transceiver and a fixed-rate optical transceiver.