SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARING A SPARE CHANNEL AMONG TWO OR MORE OPTICAL RING NETWORKS

• Main Authors: NATHAN, SRIDHAR, FEE, JOHN, A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.09.2003
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; MEASURING; MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES; MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION; PHYSICS; SELECTING; TESTING; TRANSMISSION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A system and method for sharing a spare channel among two or more optical ring networks that have a common span. A first optical cross-connect switch (OCCS) and a first OCCS controller are placed at one end of the span and a second OCCS and OCCS controller are placed at the other end of the span. Th...