Patent ID: 9584373
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04Q

Claim:
1. A reconfigurable Clos network, comprising: a plurality of spines, each of the spines having a plurality of spine ports; a plurality of leafs, each of the leafs having a plurality of leaf ports; and a plurality of interconnects connecting the spines and the leafs, each of the interconnects comprising: a programmable circuit switch, the circuit switch between the spine ports and the leaf ports, the circuit switch comprising: a plurality of spine inputs; a plurality of spine outputs; a plurality of leaf inputs; a plurality of leaf outputs, wherein the circuit switch operates to transport data between the spine ports and the leaf ports, wherein the circuit switch comprises an optical switch, and wherein the optical switch comprises two-sided moveable mirrors, wherein in a first position, a movable two-sided mirror directs a first signal from a leaf output to a spine input and a second signal from a spine output to a leaf input.