Patent ID: 6626586
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: H04B,H04J

Abstract:
A remotely configurable optical communication network having at least two â€œstar pointâ€  network nodes and having a plurality of network nodes connected respectively to the at least two â€œstar pointâ€  network nodes via logical connections, each logical connection being realized by a working connection path and a geographically different substitute connection path, each connection path containing at least one connection path segment, the working connection path of each logical connection being routed from one of the at least two â€œstar pointâ€  network nodes and the geographically different substitute connection path being routed from the other of said at least two â€œstar pointâ€  network nodes, said â€œstar pointâ€  network nodes having optical through-switching means for switching through the logical connections, respectively, by the working connection path and the substitute connection path between the respective network nodes.