9 telecommunications and internetworking equipment, namely, optical and data networking equipment and optical switching and multiplexing equipment comprising of routers, bridges, multiplexers, demultiplexers, optical switches, packet switches, Ethernet switches, MPLS switches, GMPLS switches, ATM switches, optical amplifiers, repeaters, transmitters, receivers, transducers, transponders, optical filters, dispersion compensators, gain equalizers, circulators, optical attenuators, polarization mode dispersion compensators, polarization controllers, spectrum analyzers, optical splitters, optical combiners, optoelectronic cards, optical interconnect modules, power monitors for all of the foregoing, and computer software for controlling and monitoring all of the foregoing