Patent ID: 8625991

Claim:
A system comprising: a laser bank that includes a plurality of lasers that output light at a plurality of different, fixed wavelengths; a multiplexer, connected to the laser bank, to: receive the light, at the plurality of different, fixed wavelengths, output by the plurality of lasers, multiplex the light to form multiplexed light, and output the multiplexed light; a splitter to: receive the multiplexed light, and split the multiplexed light into a plurality of multiplexed light; and a plurality of optical transport systems, each of the plurality of optical transport systems to: receive respective light of the plurality of multiplexed light, demultiplex the respective light to recover the light, modulate a data signal on the recovered light to obtain an optical signal, and transmit the optical signal on an optical fiber, one of the plurality of optical transport systems including: a transmitter to modulate a particular data signal on the recovered light to form a particular optical signal, and another splitter to: receive the particular optical signal from the transmitter, split the particular optical signal into a plurality of optical signals, and output one of the plurality of optical signals for transmission on a particular optical fiber.