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Patent Inventor Names
Paolo L. Narvaez0
Gary S. Tse0
Date of Patent
January 16, 2007
0Patent Application Number
102107500
Date Filed
July 31, 2002
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A high-speed optical network includes according to the invention a housing having a plurality of slots for accommodating a number of line cards and an optional backplane facilitating communication between the line cards. The line cards include a client communication interface and a DWDM communication interface, for example, gigabit Ethernet interface, SONET interface or DWDM interface. Advantages of the invention include a high-speed network and network components that are capable of performing at a level consistent with optical network systems and which efficiently supports DWDM in a space-effective and cost-effective manner.
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