Hybrid photonic/electronic switching in a multi-channel network

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PATENT NO 7187865
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09987164

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A system for hybrid electronic/photonic switching of traffic in a node of a communications network includes a plurality of interfaces; an electronic cross-connect (EXC); and a photonic cross-connect (PXC). Each interface is designed to translate a respective traffic stream between corresponding electronic and optical signals. The EXC selectively maps an electronic signal through a selected one of the interfaces, and the PXC selectively couples an optical signal between the selected interface and a selected one of at least two optical channels of the communications network.

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RPX CLEARINGHOUSE LLCONE MARKET PLAZA STEUART TOWER SUITE 800 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Briggs, Alan T R Cambridge, GB 3 14
Fisher, Douglas W Brampton, CA 1 2
Lalonde, Frederick J Ottawa, CA 5 31
Macleod, H D Wade Carp, CA 1 1
Sparks, Adrian P Ongar, GB 7 114

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