Patent ID: 7164862
Filing Date: 2007-01-16
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. An optical communication system comprising: an optical fiber; a transmitter system configured to transmit an Optical Carrier-3 (OC-3) optical signal on the optical fiber, wherein the OC-3 optical signal is comprised of a plurality of wavelengths and a first plurality of time slots and represents a plurality of Synchronous Transport Signal-3 (STS-3) channels comprising timeslots, wherein each time slot of each of the STS-3 channels corresponds to a wavelength of the plurality of wavelengths and a time slot of the first plurality of time slots; a first node configured to receive the optical signal over the optical fiber and to divert a first wavelength from the optical signal to divert a first STS-3 channel that corresponds to the first wavelength and pass the remaining wavelengths of the plurality of wavelengths; and a second node coupled in series to the first node by the optical fiber and configured to receive the optical signal over the optical fiber from the first node and divert a second wavelength from the optical signal to divert a second STS-3 channel that corresponds to the second wavelength.