US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on March 17 for "Communication network optical apparatus and method of providing an optical signal" (Italian, Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,661, issued on March 17, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Communication network optical apparatus and method of providing an optical signal" was invented by Alessandra Bigongiari (Pisa, Italy), Stefano Stracca (Pisa, Italy) and Mats Johansson (Alvsjo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Communications network optical apparatus (100) comprising an optical module (120) and a controller (140). The optical module (120) comprises optical modulators (122), internal lasers (124) to generate internal optical signals, an input port (126) to receive an external optical signal from an external laser, optic...