Patents by Inventor BERK BIRAND

BERK BIRAND has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Resilient optical networking
    Patent number: 10158447
    Abstract: An optical communication system includes a plurality of optical system nodes, a plurality of optical space switches and a plurality of optical fibers. The plurality of optical system nodes each includes at least one reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM). The optical system nodes each have at least one client side port and at least one line side port. Each optical space switch is operatively coupled to the line side port of one of the plurality of optical system nodes. Each of the optical fibers couples one of the optical space switches to another of the optical space switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Daniel Kilper, Keren Bergman, Gil Zussman, Berk Birand
  • RESILIENT OPTICAL NETWORKING
    Publication number: 20170279557
    Abstract: An optical communication system includes a plurality of optical system nodes, a plurality of optical space switches and a plurality of optical fibers. The plurality of optical system nodes each includes at least one reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM). The optical system nodes each have at least one client side port and at least one line side port. Each optical space switch is operatively coupled to the line side port of one of the plurality of optical system nodes. Each of the optical fibers couples one of the optical space switches to another of the optical space switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Daniel KILPER, Keren BERGMAN, GIL ZUSSMAN, BERK BIRAND