Patent ID: 6733183
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G02B,H04B

Abstract:
A method of transporting information signals among a plurality of signal processing boards all located within a single cabinet of an information processing system, such method comprising the steps of:connecting a plurality of multi-mode fibers among the plurality of signal processing boards; electrooptically converting an information signal of the plurality of transported information signals between an electrical format used on a corresponding pair of signal processing boards of the plurality of signal processing boards and an optical format used for transmission through a corresponding multi-mode fiber of the plurality of multi-mode fibers; and optically switching a transported information signal of the transported information signals from a destination on a first signal processing board of the plurality of signal processing boards to a destination on a second signal processing board of the plurality of signal processing boards using a corresponding set of multi-mode fibers of the plurality of multi-mode fibers.