Multiservice optical switch

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H - Electricity

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H04Q 3/52 (2006.01) H04L 12/56 (2006.01) H04Q 11/00 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2310855

A method and apparatus for building a multiservice switch using a time-slotted optical switch fabric are disclosed. Service-specific line cards transfer blocks of information across the optical switch by transmitting fixed-duration bursts of optical signals. A modular method is disclosed for expanding the number of cards that can be supported by a time-slotted N input by N output optical switch. Apparatus and methods for building said optical switches using electrooptic wafer beam deflector components are disclosed. SONET, ATM, and packet transfer services are supported by the service specific line cards.

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