CPC H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01) [H04B 10/038 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0043 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A network device comprising:
a plurality of I/O (input/output) ports;
a control plane in electrical connection to the plurality of I/O ports;
a data plane in electrical connection to the plurality of I/O ports; and
a pluggable optical line system module plugged into one of the plurality of I/O ports, wherein the pluggable optical line system module includes an interface in electrical connection with the control plane of the network device via said one of the plurality of I/O ports, wherein the pluggable optical line system module is absent an interface for an electrical connection to the data plane of the network device and has no electrical connection to the data plane of the network device when plugged into said one of the plurality of I/O ports.
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