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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
John K. Oltman, Chamblee, GA (US);
Jeffery T. Nichols, Marietta, GA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A scalable switch fabric using optical interconnects includes one or more line modules each including fabric interface optics supporting a plurality of optical output signals; an optical interconnect optically connected to each of the one or more line modules via the fabric interface optics; and one or more center stage switches, wherein the optical interconnect is adapted to shuffle the plurality of optical output signals from each of the one or more line modules to the one or more center stage switches. The optical interconnect can include two levels of shuffle to distribute each of the plurality of optical signals from each of the fabric interface optics to the one or more center stage switches.