An apparatus and method of routing information between remote sites in an optical network

摘要

An apparatus and method for transmitting administrative data between the station systems controllers at different stations along a common optical fiber network. The apparatus utilizes routing modules at each of the stations, wherein the routing modules are serially connected to a common optical pathway within the optical fiber network. The routing module at each station is capable of converting data from the station systems controller into a corresponding optical signal and multiplexes that signal into the common optical pathway. The routing module at each station is also capable of reading a multiplexed signal sent along the common optical pathway from another station. <IMAGE>