An ultra-low latency optical router with a peta-bit-per-second total aggregate switching bandwidth, that will scale to a total connectivity of 1000 by 1000, and beyond by modular upgrades, that utilizes advanced optical technologies to achieve such high capacity with two to three orders of magnitude...http://www.google.com/patents/US6519062?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6519062 - Ultra-low latency multi-protocol optical routers for the next generation internet
