In one embodiment, optical node includes an input port configured to receive an input
optical frame and a first optical switch coupled to the input port, where the first optical switch …

In one embodiment, a photonic Switching fabric includes a first label detector configured to
read a first optical label to produce a first detected label, where the first optical label …

In one embodiment, method of wrapping photonic packets includes receiving, by a node, a
first packet and receiving, by the node, a second packet. The method also includes con …

In one embodiment, a system for steering an input packet stream includes a traffic splitter
configured to split an input packet stream into a first packet stream and a second packet …

In one embodiment, photonic switching fabric includes an input photonic commutator switch
configured to receive a photonic frame stream including a plurality of containerized photonic …

In one embodiment, a method of photonic frame scheduling includes receiving, by a
photonic Switching fabric from a top of rack (TOR) Switch, a frame request requesting a time …

An optical network is disclosed comprising one or more photonic switching nodes is
disclosed. Each of the switching nodes comprises a plurality of input ports; at least one …

In one embodiment, method of photonic packet Switching includes receiving, by a photonic
Switching fabric from a first top-of-rack (TOR) switch, a destination port request …

In an embodiment, an optical node comprises a local interconnection including one or more
optical fibers operably coupled to the optical node and another optical node at a same site …

Optical network routes an optical message from at least one Source to at least two
destination ports of a plurality of des tination ports. The optical network includes at least one …