Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Frontplane communication network between multiple pluggable modules on a single faceplate
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Application No.: US14925929Application Date: 2015-10-28
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Publication No.: US10425360B2Publication Date: 2019-09-24
- Inventor: Kevin Estabrooks , Daniel Rivaud , Michael J. Windgrove
- Applicant: Ciena Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MD Hanover
- Assignee: Ciena Corporation
- Current Assignee: Ciena Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Hanover
- Agency: Clements Bernard Walker PLLC
- Agent Christopher L. Bernard; Lawrence A. Baratta, Jr.
- Main IPC: H02J5/00
- IPC: H02J5/00 ; H04W4/80 ; H02J50/12 ; H02J50/20 ; H02J50/30 ; H04B10/25 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/931

Abstract:
A system that includes (i) a device having connectors connected to pluggable modules external to the device and (ii) the pluggable modules exchanging signals with the device via the connectors. In particular, the pluggable modules includes a first pluggable module and a second pluggable module that further exchange a supplemental signal with each other and bypassing the connectors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170126589A1 FRONTPLANE COMMUNICATION NETWORK BETWEEN MULTIPLE PLUGGABLE MODULES ON A SINGLE FACEPLATE Public/Granted day:2017-05-04
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