Patent ID: 6973269

Claim:
An architecture for facilitating wavelength-specific and packet-switched routing comprising: a primary metropolitan fiber ring; a primary distribution/aggregation node in said primary metropolitan fiber ring; and a local service domain further comprising a secondary aggregation node in communication with said primary distribution/aggregation node, wherein said primary distribution/aggregation node further comprises: a distribution node; an aggregation node; a plurality of wavelength packet header readers; a plurality of wavelength packet cross-switches in communication with said plurality of wavelength packet header readers; a look-up table in communication with said plurality of wavelength packet header readers; a switch controller circuit; a bi-directional Lambda 1 to Lambda “n” converter and packet generator in communication with said plurality of wavelength packet cross-switches; a wavelength packet cross-connect in communication with said Lambda 1 to Lambda “n” converter and packet generator; and a remultiplexer in communication with said plurality of wavelength packet cross-switches.