INTRANODAL ROADM FIBER MANAGEMENT APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
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Abstract
An intranodal reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) fiber management apparatus, and a system employing the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a plurality of ingress optical ports, a plurality of egress optical ports, and a plurality of optical interconnections interposed between ones of the plurality of ingress optical ports and ones of the plurality of egress optical ports. Each of the plurality of ingress optical ports corresponds to one of the plurality of egress optical ports. Each one of the plurality of ingress optical ports is optically coupled by way of the optical interconnections to at least one of the plurality of egress optical ports. Each one of the plurality of egress optical ports is optically coupled by way of the optical interconnections to at least one of the plurality of ingress optical ports.
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21. A N-degree system, comprising:
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a line degree subsystem, the line degree subsystem including N line degree modules; a plurality of transceivers; and an add/drop subsystem interposed between the line degree subsystem and the plurality of transceivers, the add/drop subsystem including a plurality of subsystem modules, wherein each of the N line degree modules selects wavelengths received from at least one of the subsystem modules and outputs the selected wavelengths to an egress path, and receives at least one wavelength from an ingress path and outputs the at least one wavelength to at least one of the plurality of subsystem modules. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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