Optical mesh network

Imagine you and your friends are playing a game of telephone, where one person whispers a message to the next person and it gets passed down the line. But, instead of just whispering, you have a bunch of different phones set up that are connected to each other in a specific pattern, like a spider web. This is called a network.

Now, imagine that instead of phones, we are using light to pass messages along this network. This is what an optical mesh network is! Instead of using traditional cables or wires, we use special fibers that can transmit light. These fibers are connected to each other in different ways, kind of like how your spider web of phones might be set up.

When you want to send a message using this network, you use special devices that turn your message into pulses of light. These pulses travel along the fibers to their destination. If there are multiple paths to that destination, the message can take different routes depending on which one is the most efficient at the time.

This type of network is really useful because it can transmit information really quickly and over really long distances. Plus, because light travels through these fibers instead of electricity, there is less chance of signal interference or loss.

So, in summary, an optical mesh network is a type of network that uses light to pass messages along fibers connected in a spider web-like pattern. It's super fast and efficient!