Patent ID: 8208484
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: G06F,H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A router having a plurality of blades comprising at least a first blade and a second blade wherein the router comprises: an interconnect providing a plurality of channels, wherein each of the plurality of channels is used between two of the plurality of blades, and wherein the interconnect is an optical interconnect by which a single wavelength from a single of the plurality of blades defines one of the plurality of channels and wherein each blade supports a plurality of wavelengths; wherein the first blade: the first blade forwards a first fragment of the at least two fragments directly to the second blade via the interconnect; and the first blade forwards another of the at least two fragments to a different blade, via the interconnect; and the interconnect further carries another of the at least two fragments from said different blade, to the second blade.