Patent ID: 11967994
Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. A method of switching optical paths in an optical transceiver, comprising:
activating a first optical path including a first transmission line and a first receive line coupled to a connector in the optical transceiver;
receiving a control signal in the optical transceiver to switch from the first optical path to a second optical path, wherein the second optical path includes a second transmission line and a second receive line coupled to the connector in the optical transceiver; and
in response to the control signal, activating the second optical path and deactivating the first optical path;
wherein the first optical path is a primary path and the second optical path is a redundant path;
wherein the first optical path is coupled to a first server rack and the second optical path is coupled to a second server rack, wherein the activating of the second optical path occurs in response to receiving a request from a server computer in the second server rack for additional bandwidth.