OPTICAL NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS

Brand	Owner	Address	Description
WAVENIC	LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC	600 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill NJ 07974	OPTICAL NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS;WAVE NIC;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A high-speed optical network includes according to the invention a housing having a plurality of slots for accommodating a number of line cards and an optional backplane facilitating communication between the line cards. The line cards include a client communication interface and a DWDM communication interface, for example, gigabit Ethernet interface, SONET interface or DWDM interface. Advantages of the invention include a high-speed network and network components that are capable of performing at a level consistent with optical network systems and which efficiently supports DWDM in a space-effective and cost-effective manner.