Patent Document ID: 10063337
Application ID: 15876083
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An array-waveguide grating (AWG) based multi-core and multi-length short-range interconnection network based for a wavelength set of Λ={λ 0 , λ 1 ,. .. , λ k-1 }, comprising N number of upper-level switches, N number of lower-level switches, and a network intermediate stage, wherein each of the upper-level switches and each of the lower-level switches has N number of CWDM optical transceiving modules, the N optical transceiving modules of each of the upper-level switches is connected with n number of m×1 multi-core optical multiplexing modules, the N optical transceiving modules of each of the lower-level switches is connected with n number of 1×m multi-core demultiplexing modules, the network intermediate stage comprises n 2 number of r×r multi-core and multi-wavelength wiring modules, the n number of the multi-core optical multiplexing modules of the upper-level switches, the n number of the multi-core demultiplexing modules of the lower-level switches, and the n 2 number of the r×r multi-core and multi-wavelength wiring modules of the network intermediate stage are connected via m-core MPO-MPO optical fiber jumpers, wherein r=mk, k is a number of wavelengths of the wavelength set Λ, m is a number of the jumpers of the MPO-m core optical fiber branch jumpers; the n 2 number of the r×r multi-core and multi-wavelength wiring modules are constructed via the MPO-m core optical fiber branch jumpers and m 2 number of k×kAWGs; each r×r multi-core and multi-wavelength wiring module comprises r number of upper ports having r number of MPO multi-core optical fiber connectors, the intermediate stage having m 2 number of k×kAWGs, and r number of lower ports having r number of MPO multi-core optical fiber connectors; wherein the upper ports, the lower ports, and the intermediate stage are connected via the MPO-m core optical fiber branch jumpers, wherein r=mk, k is the number of wavelengths of the wavelength set Λ, m is the number of the jumpers of the MPO-m core optical fiber branch jumpers; each m×1 multi-core optical multiplexing module connects each output port of m identical k×1 optical multiplexors to a same MPO-m core optical fiber branch jumper, with the dth k×1 optical multiplexor being connected with the dth core of the MPO-m core optical fiber branch jumper, wherein d=0, 1,. .. , m−1, each k×1 optical multiplexor being correlated with the wavelength set Λ={λ 0 , λ 1 ,. .. , λ k-1 }, an input port p of the k×1 optical multiplexor being correlated with a wavelength λ p , and p=0, 1,. .. , k−1; and each 1×m multi-core optical demultiplexing module connects each input port of m identical 1×k optical demultiplexors to a same MPO-m core optical fiber branch jumper, with the cth 1×k optical multiplexor being connected with the cth core of the MPO-m core optical fiber branch jumper, wherein c=0, 1,. .. , m−1, each 1×k optical demultiplexor being correlated with the wavelength set Λ={λ 0 , λ 1 ,. .. , λ k-1 }, an output port q of the 1×k optical demultiplexor being correlated with a wavelength λ q , and q=0, 1,. .. , k−1.