Multichannel ring and star networks with limited channel conversion
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04J-003/02
H04J-014/00
H04L-012/42
H04L-012/44
G06F-015/16
출원번호
US-0556125
(2009-09-09)
등록번호
US-8134939
(2012-03-13)
발명자
/ 주소
Ramaswami, Rajiv
Sasaki, Galen H.
출원인 / 주소
Tellabs Operations, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.
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초록▼
A ring communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of nodes in which a single one of the nodes is configured for full channel conversion and the remaining nodes, other than the single node, are configured for no channel conversion. Links with no mor
A ring communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of nodes in which a single one of the nodes is configured for full channel conversion and the remaining nodes, other than the single node, are configured for no channel conversion. Links with no more than W channels couple the nodes. The ring communication network also may include N nodes and links connecting the nodes for carrying data in W channels such that N≧2 log2 W−1 where W is a power of 2. Each of the N nodes includes switches connected such that each channel of a first one of the links adjacent to any one of the N nodes can be switched to no more than W−1 channels of another one of the links adjacent any one node.
대표청구항▼
1. A primary node for a ring communications network, the primary node comprising: first and second multiplexors configured to connect to first and second multichannel transmission links, respectively, to adjacent nodes in the ring communications network, each multiplexor including: line cards couple
1. A primary node for a ring communications network, the primary node comprising: first and second multiplexors configured to connect to first and second multichannel transmission links, respectively, to adjacent nodes in the ring communications network, each multiplexor including: line cards coupled between the first and second multiplexors, the line cards being configured to connect any channel on the first multichannel transmission link to any channel on the second multichannel transmission link; anda mux/demux unit coupling the line cards with the respective multichannel transmission link. 2. The primary node of claim 1, wherein the primary node is further configured to connect through the first multichannel transmission link to another node on the ring network that is configured for no channel conversion, no channel conversion being an ability to connect each of the channels on the first multichannel transmission link to corresponding channels on a third multichannel transmission link. 3. The primary node of claim 1, wherein the first and second multiplexors are configured to demultiplex channels input to the primary node and multiplex channels output from the primary node. 4. The primary node of claim 1, wherein the line cards include switches. 5. The primary node of claim 1, wherein the multichannel transmission links are optical fiber links. 6. A node for a ring communications network, the node comprising: first and second multiplexors configured to connect to first and second multichannel transmission links, respectively, to adjacent nodes in the ring communications network, each multiplexor including: line cards coupled between the first and second multiplexors, the line cards being configured to connect a first channel on the first multichannel transmission link to the same first channel on the second multichannel transmission link; anda mux/demux unit coupling the line cards with the respective multichannel transmission link. 7. The node of claim 5, wherein the first and second multiplexors are configured to demultiplex channels input to the node and multiplex channels output from the node. 8. The node of claim 5, wherein the first and second multichannel transmission links are optical fiber links. 9. The node of claim 5, wherein the line cards include switches. 10. A hub node for a star communications network, the hub node comprising: multiplexors configured to be coupled to multichannel transmission links, each link including an even number of channels divided into first and second groups, and each multiplexor including: line cards operably coupled to the multiplexors, each line card being configured to couple each channel of the first group of a first link to one channel of the second group of each of the other links; anda mux/demux unit coupling the line cards with the respective multichannel transmission link. 11. The hub node of claim 10, wherein the first group of channels includes channels i=0, 1, . . . , W/2-1 and the one channel of the second group of channels is channel i+W/2, where W is an even number. 12. The hub node of claim 11, wherein no more than W channels are assigned to the transmission of data along any of the links. 13. The hub node of claim 10, wherein routes are assigned to the channels which traverse at most two links in the star communications network. 14. The hub node of claim 10, wherein the multiplexors are configured to demultiplex channels input to the node and multiplex channels output from the node. 15. The hub node of claim 10, wherein the multichannel transmission links are optical fiber links. 16. The hub node of claim 10, wherein the line cards include switches. 17. A hub node for a star communications network, the hub node comprising: multiplexors configured to connect to multichannel transmission links, each link being arranged to carry no more than a certain number of channels into and out of the hub node, and each multiplexor including: line cards operably coupled to the multiplexors, each line card being configured to connect physically each channel of a first link to no more than two predetermined channels of a second link through the hub node; anda mux/demux unit coupling the line cards with the respective multichannel transmission link. 18. The hub node of claim 17, wherein the multiplexors are configured to demultiplex channels input to the node and multiplex channels output from the node. 19. The hub node of claim 17, wherein the multichannel transmission links are optical fiber links. 20. The hub node of claim 17, wherein the line cards include switches.
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