US Patent Issued to Ciena on Nov. 3 for "Fabric expansion panel incorporated in a network element" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,786,010, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Ciena Corp. (Fulton, Md.).

"Fabric expansion panel incorporated in a network element" was invented by Anthony J. Mayenburg (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems are provided for scaling a network element without needing to re-cable line modules and fabric modules. A scalable fabric assembly includes a plurality of fabric modules, each fabric module having a plurality of ports; a plurality of line modules, each line module having a first set of ports configured to connect with the plurality of fabric modules and a second set of ports configured to connect with client equipment; and a plur...