| CPC G06F 13/4022 (2013.01) [G06F 13/385 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
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1. A method of transmitting a first data packet from a first data processing device toward a second data processing device, the first and second data processing devices being communicably connectable to one another via respective first and second interface devices, and over an optical network, the method comprising:
determining a first communication path in the optical network to communicably connect the first data processing device to the second data processing device;
accessing, by a coordination module communicably connected to the first interface device, a pre-determined training sequence;
transmitting, by the coordination module and over the first communication path, the pre-determined training sequence to cause the second interface device to recover a signal clock from the pre-determined training sequence;
concurrently with transmitting the pre-determined training sequence, by the coordination module and over the first communication path, transmitting, from the first data processing device to a third data processing device, a second data packet over a second communication path, via a third interface device associated with the first data processing device and a fourth interface device associated with the third data processing device; and
after transmitting of the pre-determined training sequence, transmitting, by the first data processing device, the first data packet toward the second processing device over the first communication path.
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