Patent ID: 7630634
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for managing an optical signal, comprising: a first optical converter card operable to provide information to and receive information from a first client device; a first system optics card operable to transport information over a first optical transport link, the system optics card operable to receive information over a second optical transport link, the first system optics card operable to identify network channels on the second optical transport link destined for the first client device, the first system optics card operable to provide the identified network channels to the first optical converter card for delivery to the first client device, the first system optics card operable to receive client channels from the first optical converter card generated by the first client device, the first system optics card operable to transport the client channels of the first client device over the first optical transport link, wherein the first system optics card includes a plurality of express output ports to provide channels to a plurality of other system optics cards, wherein the first system optics card includes a plurality of express input ports to receive channels from a plurality of other system optics cards.