US Patent Issued to Ciena on Sept. 15 for "Controlling a multi-rail switch in a space-division multiplexing optical network" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,739,050, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Ciena Corp. (Hanover, Md.).

"Controlling a multi-rail switch in a space-division multiplexing optical network" was invented by Kevan Peter Jones (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for configuring routes through a multi-rail system. A network element in a Space Division Multiplexed (SDM) optical network includes a first switch connected to a plurality of rails in a west direction relative to the network element; a second switch connected to the plurality of rails in an east direction relative to the network element; and a plurality of optical components, lo...