Patent ID: 9059814
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a multi-slot receptacle; a first modular optical interconnect block, disposed in one slot of the multi-slot receptacle, comprising a plurality of optical ports, wherein each one of the optical ports of the first modular optical interconnect block is, respectively, in optical communication with each of the other optical ports of the first modular optical interconnect block; and a second modular optical interconnect block, disposed in a second slot of the multi-slot receptacle, comprising a plurality of optical ports, wherein the plurality of optical ports of the second modular optical interconnect block are divided into a first group of optical ports and a second group of optical ports, wherein each one of the optical ports in the first group of optical ports is in communication with each one of the optical ports in the second group of optical ports, and each one of the optical ports in the second group of optical ports is in communication with each one of the optical ports in the first group of optical ports.