Resizing existing traffic flow in optical transport network

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PATENT NO 9118585
APP PUB NO 20130101292A1
SERIAL NO

13284146

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In an optical transport network a traffic flow comprises data grouped into a number of resizable data units, encapsulated by optical transport frames, each having a frame overhead. A rate of the traffic flow is changed by changing the data unit overhead and changing at the source node the frame overhead to indicate a change in rate of an optical signal carrying the traffic flow. An optical transmission part is tuned to transmit at the new rate, and at any intermediate nodes along the route the indication of the change in rate is detected in the frame overhead so that the traffic flow on a next optical link is transmitted at the new rate. Thus optical bandwidth allowed for enlarging the data units, can be saved, and electrical processing of data units at the nodes can be simplified, reducing power consumption.

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TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL)SE-164 83 STOCKHOLM

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fulignoli, Annamaria Latina, IT 5 41
Lanzone, Sergio Genoa, IT 36 230
Tartaglia, Antonio Latina, IT 4 23

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