Distributed intelligence wavelength division multiplexed network
May 23, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesSystem for allocating messages between virtual channels to avoid deadlock and to optimize the amount of message traffic on each type of virtual channel Communication method in network system for performing information transmission among terminal equipments using light beams of a plurality of wavelengths, terminal equipment used in the method and network system using the method Optical communication system with improved maintenance capabilities Network system having node devices connected therebetween, node device used in the network system, and communication method utilized in the network system Span management system for wavelength division multiplexed network Patent #: 5978115 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 862864 filed on 05/23/1997US Classes:398/1FAULT RECOVERYExaminersPrimary: Pascal, LeslieAssistant: Sedighian, M. R. Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassesH04J 014/02H04B 010/20 H04B 010/02 AbstractThe present invention is directed toward a distributed intelligence fiber-optic communication network in which node control processors (NCPs) associated with each network element periodically transmit identification and status information to the other NCPs in the network. Various faults in the network can thus be readily identified, and appropriate tasks for modifying the network in response to the fault (such as rerouting around a defective network element) can be carried out. Further, information continues to be distributed among the NCPs even if a break occurs in a segment of fiber in the network.Other References
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