Optical circuit switched protocol
First Claim
1. An optical circuit switched system for transmitting data from source locations to destination locations within an optical network comprising:
- an optical data packet having a header, a data payload portion, and a trailer; and
a plurality of optical switching nodes interconnecting the locations of network together, wherein each optical switching node comprises a detector for receiving the header, header detection logic for translating the header into routing information and eliminating the header, and a controller for receiving the routing information and for configuring an all optical path within each node;
wherein said all optical path located within said optical switching node is solely an optical path without having electronic storage of the data and without having optical delay of the data;
wherein multiple identical headers are sent throughout the network so that subsequent switching nodes can receive and read the header for setting up an optical data path.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method embodied in an optical circuit switched protocol for the transmission of data through a network. The optical circuit switched protocol is an all-optical circuit switched network and includes novel optical switching nodes for transmitting optical data packets within a network. Each optical switching node comprises a detector for receiving the header, header detection logic for translating the header into routing information and eliminating the header, and a controller for receiving the routing information and configuring an all optical path within the node. The all optical path located within the node is solely an optical path without having electronic storage of the data and without having optical delay of the data. Since electronic storage of the header is not necessary and the initial header is eliminated by the first detector of the first switching node, multiple identical headers are sent throughout the network so that subsequent switching nodes can receive and read the header for setting up an optical data path.
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21 Claims
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1. An optical circuit switched system for transmitting data from source locations to destination locations within an optical network comprising:
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an optical data packet having a header, a data payload portion, and a trailer; and a plurality of optical switching nodes interconnecting the locations of network together, wherein each optical switching node comprises a detector for receiving the header, header detection logic for translating the header into routing information and eliminating the header, and a controller for receiving the routing information and for configuring an all optical path within each node; wherein said all optical path located within said optical switching node is solely an optical path without having electronic storage of the data and without having optical delay of the data; wherein multiple identical headers are sent throughout the network so that subsequent switching nodes can receive and read the header for setting up an optical data path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An optical switching node for transmitting an optical data packet within a network, wherein the optical data packet includes a header, data, and a trailer portion, the optical switching node comprising:
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a detector for converting the optical signal to an electrical signal; a header detection logic device for determining if the information is the header, the data, or the trailer portion, for processing only the header, for translating the header into routing information, and for eliminating the header; and a controller for receiving the routing information and for configuring an all optical data path within the node; wherein the all optical data path located within the node is solely an optical path without having electronic storage of the data and without having optical delay of the data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for transmitting optical data packets from source locations to destination locations within an optical network, wherein the optical data packet includes a header and a data payload portion, wherein the method comprises the steps of:
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interconnecting the locations of the network together with a plurality of optical switching nodes; receiving the header, translating the header into routing information, eliminating the header, receiving the routing information, and configuring an all optical path within the nodes; and sending multiple identical headers throughout the network so that subsequent switching nodes can receive and read the header for setting up an optical data path. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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