US Patent Issued to Ciena on June 3 for "Cabling topology for expansion" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,270, issued on June 3, was assigned to Ciena Corp. (Hanover, Md.).

"Cabling topology for expansion" was invented by Fabien Colton (Kars, Canada) and Daniel Rivaud (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include cabling topology for expansion of network components such as servers, computing devices, routers, switches, and other components of the like. In various embodiments, the present disclosure provides a rack which may be coupled to a plurality of additional side racks. The racks include one or more shelves (systems), the shelves being connected via a plurality of cables each having the same length and any excess...