Patent attributes
The present invention provides an improved optical communication network (300) that utilizes an apparatus of optical channel protection. The apparatus for optical channel protection of the present invention including a transmitting end network switch (200), a first and a second receiving end network switch (201, 202), a plurality of wavelength tuneable transmitting end transponders (400, 401 . . . 405), a plurality of wavelength tuneable receiving end transponders (400′, 401′ . . . 405′), a transmitting end controller (10a) connected to a network monitoring and control system (100a) and a receiving end controller (10b) connected to said network monitoring and control system (100a). The present invention utilizes a method of optical channel protection that can be broadly categorized under optical multiplex switching.
