Optical network regenerator bypass module and associated method

摘要

An optical bypass element (88) for an optical communication system. The optical bypass element (88), formed of an optical interleaver, is positioned in parallel with a regenerator (24). Data requiring regeneration is caused to be provided to the regenerator (24) while data not requiring regeneration is bypassed about the regenerator (24) by way of the optical bypass element (88). Once bypassed around the regenerator (24) and once regenerated at the regenerator (24), the respective data is recombined and subsequently routed to communication endpoints.