- Patent Title: Optical network having combined circuit-packet switch architecture
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Application No.: US16931348Application Date: 2020-07-16
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Publication No.: US11297404B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Anu Mercian , Terrel Morris , Jean Tourrilhes , Derek Spock , Puneet Sharma
- Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- Current Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Patent Department
- Main IPC: H04Q11/00
- IPC: H04Q11/00 ; H04B10/40

Abstract:
An optical network includes top networking ports coupled to a packet switch, first media converters, second media converters, and bottom networking ports. The first media converters are coupled to top networking ports, each of the first media converters including a first ASIC transceiver that has a circuit switch function. The second media converters are coupled to the first media converter via optical cables to receive the optical signals. Each of the second media converters includes a second ASIC transceiver that has a circuit switch function. The bottom networking ports are coupled to the second media converters. The first ASIC transceiver and the second ASIC transceiver are configured to transmit a signal from one of the top networking ports to any one of the bottom networking ports, and transmit a signal from one of the bottom networking ports to any one of the top networking ports.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220021956A1 OPTICAL NETWORK HAVING COMBINED CIRCUIT-PACKET SWITCH ARCHITECTURE Public/Granted day:2022-01-20
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