| 摘要 |
An optical cross-connect apparatus includes: a plurality of optical cross-connect portions each having an inter-node connection input port and an inter-node connection output port respectively connected to each of the plurality of the inter-node connection optical fibers, an internal connection input port, and an internal connection output port, wherein for each of the plurality of the optical cross-connect portions, the internal connection output port of a predetermined optical cross-connect portion is directly connected to the internal connection input port of another optical cross-connect portion, or the internal connection output port of a predetermined optical cross-connect portion is directly connected to the internal connection input port of another optical cross-connect portion and is indirectly connected via the another optical cross-connect portion to the internal connection input port of yet another optical cross-connect portion. |
