Patents by Inventor Robert William KEYS

Robert William KEYS 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).

  • Systems, methods, and apparatus for optical transceiver with multiple switch state configurations
    Patent number: 11927807
    Abstract: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, an apparatus is provided. In an aspect, the apparatus includes an optical transceiver having a first port, a second port and an optical switch coupled to the first port and the second port. The optical switch is switchable between a unidirectional port operation mode and a bidirectional port operation mode. When the optical switch is in the unidirectional port operation mode, the first port is configured to send a first optical signal, and the second port configured to receive a second optical signal. When the optical switch is in the bidirectional port operation mode, the first port configured to send the first optical signal and receive the second optical signal, and the second port configured to receive a third optical signal and not send the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevan Peter Jones, Robert William Keys
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER WITH MULTIPLE SWITCH STATE CONFIGURATIONS
    Publication number: 20230103587
    Abstract: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, an apparatus is provided. In an aspect, the apparatus includes an optical transceiver having a first port, a second port and an optical switch coupled to the first port and the second port. The optical switch is switchable between a unidirectional port operation mode and a bidirectional port operation mode. When the optical switch is in the unidirectional port operation mode, the first port is configured to send a first optical signal, and the second port configured to receive a second optical signal. When the optical switch is in the bidirectional port operation mode, the first port configured to send the first optical signal and receive the second optical signal, and the second port configured to receive a third optical signal and not send the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevan Peter JONES, Robert William KEYS
  • Systems, methods, and apparatus for optical transceiver with multiple switch state configurations
    Patent number: 11531165
    Abstract: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, an apparatus is provided. In an aspect, the apparatus includes an optical transceiver having a first port, a second port and an optical switch coupled to the first port and the second port. The optical switch is switchable between a unidirectional port operation mode and a bidirectional port operation mode. When the optical switch is in the unidirectional port operation mode, the first port is configured to send a first optical signal, and the second port configured to receive a second optical signal. When the optical switch is in the bidirectional port operation mode, the first port configured to send the first optical signal and receive the second optical signal, and the second port configured to receive a third optical signal and not send the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevan Peter Jones, Robert William Keys
  • Methods and apparatus for a colorless directionless and super-channel contentionless (CDSC) optical network architecture
    Patent number: 10979788
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system includes a super-channel multiplexer (SCM) and an optical cross connect (OXC) switch. The SCM is configured to multiplex a set of optical signals into a super-channel optical signal with a wavelength band. The OXC switch is configured to be operatively coupled to the SCM and a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) degree. The OXC switch is configured to be located between the SCM and the ROADM degree and the OXC switch, the SCM, and the ROADM degree are configured to be included in a colorless, directionless, and contentionless (CDC) optical network. The OXC switch is configured to switch, based on the wavelength band, the super-channel optical signal to an output port from a set of output ports of the OXC switch. The OXC switch is configured to transmit the super-channel optical signal from the output port to the ROADM degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevan Peter Jones, Robert William Keys
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER WITH MULTIPLE SWITCH STATE CONFIGURATIONS
    Publication number: 20210063647
    Abstract: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, an apparatus is provided. In an aspect, the apparatus includes an optical transceiver having a first port, a second port and an optical switch coupled to the first port and the second port. The optical switch is switchable between a unidirectional port operation mode and a bidirectional port operation mode. When the optical switch is in the unidirectional port operation mode, the first port is configured to send a first optical signal, and the second port configured to receive a second optical signal. When the optical switch is in the bidirectional port operation mode, the first port configured to send the first optical signal and receive the second optical signal, and the second port configured to receive a third optical signal and not send the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevan Peter JONES, Robert William KEYS
  • Systems, methods, and apparatus for optical transceiver with multiple switch state configurations
    Patent number: 10866364
    Abstract: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, an apparatus is provided. In an aspect, the apparatus includes an optical transceiver having a first port, a second port and an optical switch coupled to the first port and the second port. The optical switch is switchable between a unidirectional port operation mode and a bidirectional port operation mode. When the optical switch is in the unidirectional port operation mode, the first port is configured to send a first optical signal, and the second port configured to receive a second optical signal. When the optical switch is in the bidirectional port operation mode, the first port configured to send the first optical signal and receive the second optical signal, and the second port configured to receive a third optical signal and not send the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevan Peter Jones, Robert William Keys
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER WITH MULTIPLE SWITCH STATE CONFIGURATIONS
    Publication number: 20200371295
    Abstract: According to various aspects of the present disclosure, an apparatus is provided. In an aspect, the apparatus includes an optical transceiver having a first port, a second port and an optical switch coupled to the first port and the second port. The optical switch is switchable between a unidirectional port operation mode and a bidirectional port operation mode. When the optical switch is in the unidirectional port operation mode, the first port is configured to send a first optical signal, and the second port configured to receive a second optical signal. When the optical switch is in the bidirectional port operation mode, the first port configured to send the first optical signal and receive the second optical signal, and the second port configured to receive a third optical signal and not send the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevan Peter JONES, Robert William KEYS
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A COLORLESS DIRECTIONLESS AND SUPER-CHANNEL CONTENTIONLESS (CDSC) OPTICAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20190306595
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system includes a super-channel multiplexer (SCM) and an optical cross connect (OXC) switch. The SCM is configured to multiplex a set of optical signals into a super-channel optical signal with a wavelength band. The OXC switch is configured to be operatively coupled to the SCM and a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) degree. The OXC switch is configured to be located between the SCM and the ROADM degree and the OXC switch, the SCM, and the ROADM degree are configured to be included in a colorless, directionless, and contentionless (CDC) optical network. The OXC switch is configured to switch, based on the wavelength band, the super-channel optical signal to an output port from a set of output ports of the OXC switch. The OXC switch is configured to transmit the super-channel optical signal from the output port to the ROADM degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevan Peter JONES, Robert William KEYS
  • Methods and apparatus for a colorless directionless and super-channel contentionless (CDsC) optical network architecture
    Patent number: 10368149
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system includes a super-channel multiplexer (SCM) and an optical cross connect (OXC) switch. The SCM is configured to multiplex a set of optical signals into a super-channel optical signal with a wavelength band. The OXC switch is configured to be operatively coupled to the SCM and a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) degree. The OXC switch is configured to be located between the SCM and the ROADM degree and the OXC switch, the SCM, and the ROADM degree are configured to be included in a colorless, directionless, and contentionless (CDC) optical network. The OXC switch is configured to switch, based on the wavelength band, the super-channel optical signal to an output port from a set of output ports of the OXC switch. The OXC switch is configured to transmit the super-channel optical signal from the output port to the ROADM degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevan Peter Jones, Robert William Keys
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A COLORLESS DIRECTIONLESS AND SUPER-CHANNEL CONTENTIONLESS (CDSC) OPTICAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE
    Publication number: 20190191232
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system includes a super-channel multiplexer (SCM) and an optical cross connect (OXC) switch. The SCM is configured to multiplex a set of optical signals into a super-channel optical signal with a wavelength band. The OXC switch is configured to be operatively coupled to the SCM and a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADM) degree. The OXC switch is configured to be located between the SCM and the ROADM degree and the OXC switch, the SCM, and the ROADM degree are configured to be included in a colorless, directionless, and contentionless (CDC) optical network. The OXC switch is configured to switch, based on the wavelength band, the super-channel optical signal to an output port from a set of output ports of the OXC switch. The OXC switch is configured to transmit the super-channel optical signal from the output port to the ROADM degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevan Peter JONES, Robert William KEYS