Inventors:
Lakshman S. Tamil - Plano TX, US
Glen Collier - Plano TX, US
Mitch Entezari - Highland Village TX, US
Allesandro Fabbri - Richardson TX, US
Gopalakrishnan Hari - Plano TX, US
Justin Hunt - Wylie TX, US
Quan Jiang - Plano TX, US
Bing Li - San Diego CA, US
Lee McFearin - Plano TX, US
Joseph M. McQuade - Gilbert AZ, US
Earl Ponceti - McKinney TX, US
Scott A. Rothrock - Ashburn VA, US
Frederick A. Rush - Austin TX, US
Alexander A. Smith - Cupertino CA, US
David Wolf - Allen TX, US
Assignee:
Yotta networks, LLC - Greenbrac CA
International Classification:
H04J 14/00
US Classification:
398 47, 398 45, 398 48, 398 50, 398 51, 398 54, 370351, 370352, 370355, 370389
Abstract:
Systems and methods for optical cross connects which switch data at a container (packet) level. In one embodiment, a plurality of optical switch edges are coupled to an optical switch core via a minimal number of optical fibers. The switch core is configured to optically switch data from an ingress edge to one of a plurality of egress edges in a nonblocking fashion. The ingress edge receives data streams and distributes the data among a plurality of container processors. Each of these container processors produces an optical signal of a different wavelength, which can then be multiplexed with others to form a multiple-wavelength optical signal that is transmitted to the switch core. The switch core then switches successive portions (containers) of the multiple-wavelength signal to the egress edges to which they are respectively destined. The respective egress edges perform the reverse of this process to form output data signals.