Patent ID: 8855499

Claim:
A device comprising: a plurality of nodes that communicate via multiplexed electromagnetic signals comprised of a plurality of wavelengths, each of the plurality of wavelengths uniquely assigned to communicate data to a different one of the plurality of nodes; an all-to-all optical interconnect system communicatively coupling each node to every other one of the plurality of nodes; a plurality of data transducers, each uniquely associated with a different one of the plurality of nodes, and each configured to detect energy of the wavelength uniquely assigned to communicate data to the associated node and to generate a corresponding electrical signal indicative of the data communicated to the associated node; and a plurality of energy harvesting transducers, each uniquely associated with a different one of the plurality of nodes, and each configured to convert energy of the plurality of wavelengths other than the wavelength uniquely assigned to communicate data to the associated node into an electrical power signal.