Patent ID: 8971320
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method of controlling an Optical Burst Switch (OBS) system, said OBS system comprising at least one stage, each stage configured with a closed optical burst switch addressing scheme and one or more ports, each port adapted for sending or receiving optical client data, one or more of said ports adapted to support a plurality of client service formats, representative of different client data services; implementing a control addressing scheme independent of the closed optical burst switch addressing scheme by encapsulating the optical client data at a port into a packet format, independent of the closed optical burst switch addressing scheme, to provide a control address, and passing the encapsulated packet format into a queuing system for onward transmission to a destination port; and providing interconnectivity for each port with every other port in said at least one stage.