Transport network with high transmission capacity for telecommunications
First Claim
1. A transport network with a transmission capacity for telecommunications in which nodes of the network are transparently connected with one another by optical glass fiber lines functionally to produce a full intermeshing of nodes permitting simultaneous addressing of all the nodes by every other node of the network comprising:
- (a) the nodes are coupled with one another in a matrix configuration in lines and columns;
(b) each of corner nodes has at least n connections in the column direction and at least m connections in the line direction;
(c) intermediate nodes (1,2 to 1,(m-1);
n,2 to n,(m-1)) that are located in marginal lines, in a direction of the columns, have n connections and in a direction of the lines have 2·
m connections, and the intermediate nodes (2,1 to (n-1),1 and 2,m to (n-1),m)) located in marginal columns, in a line direction, have m connections and, in a column direction, have 2·
n connections;
(d) inner nodes of network are connected with each of four neighbors by a total of 2·
m connections, in the line direction, and 2·
n connections, in the column direction;
(e) individual nodes are addressable by at least one line and/or one column;
(f) a transmitting node addresses the received node first by sending out information through a fiber associated with a column of a receiver and secondly by a signal identifier associated with a line of a receiving node;
(g) the receiver identifies the line in which a transmitter is located from the optical fiber through which signal light flux is conducted to it and identifies a column of the transmitting node from the signal identifier of the received light flux; and
(h) each node has (n·
m-1) transmitters that are operable with the corresponding signal identifiers and (n·
m-1) receivers each of which responds to one of the m different identifiers which are assigned to the nodes located in a line.
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Abstract
A transport network with a transmission capacity for telecommunications in which nodes of the network are transparently connected with one another by optical glass fiber lines functionally to produce a full intermeshing of nodes permitting simultaneous addressing of all the nodes by every other node of the network. The nodes are coupled with one another in a matrix configuration in lines and columns. Each of corner nodes has at least n connections in the column direction and at least m connections in the line direction. Intermediate nodes (1,2 to 1,(m-1); n,2 to n,(m-1)) that are located in marginal lines, in a direction of the columns, have n connections and in a direction of the lines have 2·m connections. The intermediate nodes (2,1 to (n-1),1 and 2,m to (n-1),m)) located in marginal columns, in a line direction, have m connections and, in a column direction, have 2·n connections. Inner nodes of the network are connected with each of four neighbors by a total of 2·m connections, in the line direction, and 2·n connections, in the column direction. Individual nodes are addressable by at least one line and/or one column.
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Citations
19 Claims
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1. A transport network with a transmission capacity for telecommunications in which nodes of the network are transparently connected with one another by optical glass fiber lines functionally to produce a full intermeshing of nodes permitting simultaneous addressing of all the nodes by every other node of the network comprising:
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(a) the nodes are coupled with one another in a matrix configuration in lines and columns; (b) each of corner nodes has at least n connections in the column direction and at least m connections in the line direction; (c) intermediate nodes (1,2 to 1,(m-1);
n,2 to n,(m-1)) that are located in marginal lines, in a direction of the columns, have n connections and in a direction of the lines have 2·
m connections, and the intermediate nodes (2,1 to (n-1),1 and 2,m to (n-1),m)) located in marginal columns, in a line direction, have m connections and, in a column direction, have 2·
n connections;(d) inner nodes of network are connected with each of four neighbors by a total of 2·
m connections, in the line direction, and 2·
n connections, in the column direction;(e) individual nodes are addressable by at least one line and/or one column; (f) a transmitting node addresses the received node first by sending out information through a fiber associated with a column of a receiver and secondly by a signal identifier associated with a line of a receiving node; (g) the receiver identifies the line in which a transmitter is located from the optical fiber through which signal light flux is conducted to it and identifies a column of the transmitting node from the signal identifier of the received light flux; and (h) each node has (n·
m-1) transmitters that are operable with the corresponding signal identifiers and (n·
m-1) receivers each of which responds to one of the m different identifiers which are assigned to the nodes located in a line. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A telecommunications network with a transmission capacity at nodes (1,1 to n,m) of the network are linked together transparently with one another by optical glass fiber lines functionally to produce a complete intermeshing of nodes (1,1 to n,m) that permits a simultaneous addressing of all the nodes (1,1 to n,m) by every other node in network comprising:
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(a) nodes (1,1 to n,m) are coupled with one another in a matrix arrangement in lines and columns; (b) each corner node (1,1;
1,m;
n, 1, and n,m) has at least n connections in a column direction and has at least 2·
m connections in a line direction;(c) intermediate nodes located in marginal lines (1,2 to 1,(m-1) and n,2 to n,(m-1)) have at least n connections in the column direction and have at least 2 m connections in line direction, and the intermediate nodes located in the marginal columns (2,1 to (n-1),1 and 2,m to (n-1),m)) have at least m connections in a line direction and have at least 2·
n connections in the column direction;(d) inner nodes of the network are connected with each of four neighbors by a total of at least 2·
m connections in the line direction and by at least 2·
n connections in the column direction;(e) individual nodes are addressable by at least one line and/or one column; (f) a transmitting node addresses a receiving node first by emitting information through a fiber that is associated with a column of a receiver and second by a signal identifier that is associated with a line of the receiving node; (g) the receiver identifies a line in which a transmitter is located on the optical fiber through which the signal light flux is conducted to the receiver and the column of the receiving node from the signal identifier of the received light flux; (h) each node (n·
m-1) has transmitters that are operable with corresponding signal identifiers and (n·
m-1) receivers that respond to each of the m different identifiers that are associated with the nodes arranged in a line, characterized by the following features;each of the corner nodes (1,1;
1,m;
n,1 and n,m) has at least 2·
(n-1) connections in the column direction and at least 2·
(m-1) connections in the line direction;the intermediate nodes (1,2;
. . . ;
1,j;
. . . ;
1,(m-1) and n,2;
. . . ;
n,j;
. . . ;
n,(m-1) with j=(2;
3;
. . . ;
m-1)) located in marginal lines, have at least 2·
(n-1) connections in the column direction and at least 2·
(m-j)·
j+2·
(m-j+1)·
(j-1) connections in a line direction, and the intermediate nodes located in the marginal columns (2,1;
. . . ;
i,1;
. . . ;
(m-1),1 and 2,m;
. . . ;
1,j;
. . . ;
(n-1),m) with i=(2;
3;
. . . ;
n-1)) have at least 2·
(m-1) connections in the line direction and have at least 2·
(n-i)·
i+2·
(n-i+1)·
(i-1) connections in the column direction; andthe inner nodes (i,j with i=(2;
3;
. . . ;
n-1) and j=(2;
3;
. . . ;
m-1)) of the network are connected with each four neighbors by a total of at least 2·
(m-j)·
j+2·
(m-j+1)·
(j-1) connections, in the line direction, and with at least 2·
(n-i)·
i+2·
(n-i+1)·
(i-1) connections, in the column direction. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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Specification