Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Efficient network utilization using optically switched superchannels
A method for constructing an optical network includes connecting each of a plurality of nodes in an optical network to an optical switching central node via a set of optical superchannels, wherein each of the optical superchannels includes of a set of subchannels and has a bounded data rate, and wherein the optical switching central node is configured to perform wavelength selective optical switching among the superchannels on a subchannel basis without spectrum contention. Moreover, rearrangement (or “permutation”) of the subchannels of the superchannels connected to the n sites may be performed to minimize the total spectral bandwidth used by the superchannels.
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Xiang Guangzhi
Liu Li