Patent ID: 8891963
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: H04H,H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A signal routing system comprising: a plurality of input ports for receiving a first plurality of input signals; a plurality of output ports for transmitting a plurality of output signals; a crosspoint switch for coupling each of the input ports to one or more of the output ports to allow each input signal to be coupled to one or more output ports; an electrical aggregation module for combining a second plurality of input signals selected from the first plurality of input signals, the second plurality of input signals being electrical-domain signals and combined into one or more compressed signals, wherein each of the compressed signals corresponds to two or more of the first plurality of input signals; and an optical aggregation module for converting and combining a plurality of the compressed signals into optical signals corresponding to the second plurality of input signals, wherein the optical aggregation module is coupled to a communication network.