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公开(公告)号:US07620273B2
公开(公告)日:2009-11-17
申请号:US10073931
申请日:2002-02-14
申请人: Bharat Tarachand Doshi , Stefan Hunsche , Ramesh Nagarajan , Srinivasa Prasanna , Narayan Raman , Meenakshi Sharma
发明人: Bharat Tarachand Doshi , Stefan Hunsche , Ramesh Nagarajan , Srinivasa Prasanna , Narayan Raman , Meenakshi Sharma
CPC分类号: H04Q11/0005 , H04Q2011/0049 , H04Q2011/0079
摘要: A technique for improving optical cross-connections comprises placing a switch in front of a number of processing units. So configured, the units are no longer dedicated to a specific link or signal. When necessary, a unit is connected/disconnected to one or more optical links by the switch to carry out any number of processing functions, such as regeneration, Raman pumping, dispersion equalization/compensation or performance monitoring. Because the units are no longer dedicated to specific links the cost of the cross-connections and the network it is a part of can be reduced.