Patent ID: 11930309
Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. The photonics-electronics convergence switch according to claim 1, wherein
the plurality of optical switches include a plurality of optical-input-path selection switches and a plurality of optical-output-path selection switches, and a pair of optical-relay-input-path setting switches and a pair of optical-relay-output-path setting switches,
paths connecting between the plurality of optical-input-path selection switches and one of the pair of the optical-relay-input-path setting switches on one side and between the plurality of optical-input-path selection switches and one of the pair of the optical-relay-output-path setting switches on the other side and paths connecting between the plurality of optical-output-path selection switches and one of the pair of the optical-relay-input-path setting switches on the other side and between the plurality of optical-output-path selection switches and one of the pair of the optical-relay-output-path setting switches on the one side are formed of the optical waveguides,
the one of the pair of the optical-relay-input-path setting switches on the one side transmits optical signals inputted from the different packet switch through a dedicated input port to each of the optical-input-path selection switches individually,
the one of the pair of the optical-relay-input-path setting switches on the other side transmits optical signals inputted from the different packet switch through the dedicated input port to each of the optical-output-path selection switches individually,
the one of the pair of the optical-relay-output-path setting switches on the one side transmits optical signals transmitted from the plurality of optical-output-path selection switches to the different packet switch through a dedicated output port, and
the one of the pair of the optical-relay-output-path setting switches on the other side transmits optical signals transmitted from the plurality of optical-input-path selection switches to the different packet switch through the dedicated output port.