公开(公告)号：US20170257165A1

公开(公告)日：2017-09-07

申请号：US15508696

申请日：2015-09-02

Applicant: BAE Systems plc

Inventor： Christopher Ralph Pescod ,  Mohammed Nawaz ,  Colin James Harper

IPC: H04B10/2575 ,  B64F5/60

CPC classification number: H04B10/2575 ,  B64F5/60

Abstract: Signal processing apparatus located in and/or mounted on an entity (e.g. an aircraft), the signal processing apparatus comprising: a first module; a second module connected to the first module such that signals may be sent between those modules; one or more amplifiers configured to amplify signals sent between the modules; and one or more optical fibres. The first module is located at a first location in/on the entity. The second module and the one or more amplifiers are located at a second location in/on the entity. The first location and the second location are spatially separate, i.e. remote from one another. The optical fibre(s) couple together the first and the second locations such that a signal sent between those locations is sent via the optical fibre(s).

公开(公告)号：US10090637B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-02

申请号：US15515452

申请日：2015-10-05

Applicant: BAE Systems plc

Inventor： Christopher Ralph Pescod ,  Mohammed Nawaz

IPC: H01S5/024

Abstract: An optical transmitter (201) comprising: a laser diode (102) for transmitting an optical signal; a first temperature sensor (106) configured to measure a temperature at or proximate to the laser diode (102); a second temperature sensor (202) configured to measure a temperature of an environment in which the optical transmitter (201) is operating; a thermoelectric device (208) configured to apply heating or cooling to the laser diode (102); and a controller (212) configured to, using the temperature measurements taken by the first temperature sensor (106) and the second temperature sensor (202), control the thermoelectric device (208) to heat or cool the laser diode (102).

公开(公告)号：US09954616B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-24

申请号：US15120006

申请日：2015-02-17

Applicant: BAE Systems plc

Inventor： Christopher Ralph Pescod ,  Shahbaz Nawaz ,  Mark Trevor Newman

IPC: H04B10/2575 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04B10/40

CPC classification number: H04B10/25752 ,  H04B10/25753 ,  H04B10/40 ,  H04W88/085

Abstract: A fiber-radio communication network includes a base station (300) and wireless access nodes (100) coupled by fiber optic cables (125). The base station (300) includes a switch module (320) arranged to switch Ethernet signals on a local area network, and a media converter rack module (310) comprising media converter units MC1-MC6 arranged to convert between a baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fiber optic cables (125) and an Ethernet digital signal for the switch. The wireless access node (100) comprises a media converter module (120) which converts between a baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fiber optic cables and an Ethernet digital signal; and a wireless access point module (110) comprising a local modem which converts between the Ethernet digital signal received over the fiber optic cables and a wireless transmission in a 60 GHz range for wireless communication with a client terminal (400) in the vicinity of the wireless access node (100).

公开(公告)号：US20170302055A1

公开(公告)日：2017-10-19

申请号：US15515673

申请日：2015-10-05

Applicant: BAE Systems plc

Inventor： Christopher Ralph Pescod ,  Mohammed Nawaz

IPC: H01S5/024 ,  H01S5/068

CPC classification number: H01S5/02415 ,  H01S5/02453 ,  H01S5/02476 ,  H01S5/06804

Abstract: A Peltier effect heat transfer system (208) comprising: a plurality of heat transfer elements (301-308); wherein each heat transfer element (301-308) comprises at least one semiconductor element pair arranged to yield Peltier effect heat transfer, each semiconductor element pair comprising a P-doped semiconductor element (408) and an N-doped semiconductor element (410); and the heat transfer elements (301-308) are independent such that each heat transfer element (301-308) can be activated so as to yield Peltier effect heat transfer independently of each other heat transfer element (301-308).

公开(公告)号：US20170054503A1

公开(公告)日：2017-02-23

申请号：US15120006

申请日：2015-02-17

Applicant: BAE Systems plc

Inventor： Christopher Ralph Pescod ,  Shahbaz Nawaz ,  Mark Trevor Newman

IPC: H04B10/2575 ,  H04B10/40

CPC classification number: H04B10/25752 ,  H04B10/25753 ,  H04B10/40 ,  H04W88/085

Abstract: A fibre-radio communication network includes a base station (300) and wireless access nodes (100) coupled by fibre optic cables (125). The base station (300) includes a switch module (320) arranged to switch Ethernet signals on a local area network, and a media converter rack module (310) comprising media converter units MC1-MC6 arranged to convert between a baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fibre optic cables (125) and an Ethernet digital signal for the switch. The wireless access node (100) comprises a media converter module (120) which converts between a baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fibre optic cables and an Ethernet digital signal; and a wireless access point module (110) comprising a local modem which converts between the Ethernet digital signal received over the fibre optic cables and a wireless transmission in a 60 GHz range for wireless communication with a client terminal (400) in the vicinity of the wireless access node (100).

Abstract translation: 光纤无线电通信网络包括基站（300）和通过光纤电缆（125）耦合的无线接入节点（100）。 基站（300）包括：交换模块（320），用于切换局域网上的以太网信号;以及媒体转换器机架模块（310），包括媒体转换器单元MC1-MC6，其被布置成在基带以太网信号 光纤电缆（125）和用于交换机的以太网数字信号。 无线接入节点（100）包括媒体转换器模块（120），其在由光纤电缆携带的基带以太网信号和以太网数字信号之间进行转换; 以及无线接入点模块（110），其包括本地调制解调器，其在通过光纤电缆接收的以太网数字信号和在60GHz范围内的无线传输之间进行转换，用于与所述接入点附近的客户端（400）进行无线通信 无线接入节点（100）。

公开(公告)号：US09884689B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US14892989

申请日：2014-05-21

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc

Inventor： Christopher Ralph Pescod ,  Lydia Ann Hyde ,  Shahbaz Nawaz ,  Shaun William Waddington

IPC: H04Q7/20 ,  B64D45/00 ,  H04B7/185 ,  H04B1/04 ,  H04B1/3822

CPC classification number: B64D45/00 ,  B64D2045/0065 ,  H04B1/04 ,  H04B1/3822 ,  H04B7/18506

Abstract: An aircraft-side aircraft data retrieval system and method, comprising: a data storage device (14) located in an aircraft (2) adapted to, during a flight, store data acquired during the flight; a transmission element (50), for example a dielectric filled hole or a coaxial transmission line assembly, in an external panel (9) of the aircraft (2); and wireless apparatus (18) adapted to wirelessly transmit, after the aircraft (2) has landed, the stored data to a ground-side data retrieval system (6) via the transmission element (50).

公开(公告)号：US20170222396A1

公开(公告)日：2017-08-03

申请号：US15515452

申请日：2015-10-05

Applicant: BAE Systems plc

Inventor： Christopher Ralph Pescod ,  Mohammed Nawaz

IPC: H01S5/024

CPC classification number: H01S5/02415 ,  H01S5/02453 ,  H01S5/02476

Abstract: An optical transmitter (201) comprising: a laser diode (102) for transmitting an optical signal; a first temperature sensor (106) configured to measure a temperature at or proximate to the laser diode (102); a second temperature sensor (202) configured to measure a temperature of an environment in which the optical transmitter (201) is operating; a thermoelectric device (208) configured to apply heating or cooling to the laser diode (102); and a controller (212) configured to, using the temperature measurements taken by the first temperature sensor (106) and the second temperature sensor (202), control the thermoelectric device (208) to heat or cool the laser diode (102).

公开(公告)号：US10191219B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-29

申请号：US15561175

申请日：2016-03-29

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc

Inventor： Christopher Ralph Pescod ,  Mohammed Nawaz ,  Colin James Harper

IPC: G02B6/36 ,  G02B6/35 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q3/24

Abstract: An optical selector arrangement (22), comprising: a first set of optical ports (30), having a first number of optical ports, the first number being greater than or equal to 2; a second set of optical ports (42), having a second number of optical ports, the second number being greater than the first number; the second set of optical ports being for communicating with the first set of optical ports, a selector interface (40) for the optical selector arrangement, the selector interface comprising the second set of optical ports (42), a part of the optical selector arrangement functioning as a selector (44), the selector being arranged to selectively optically couple the first set of optical ports (30) to a set of ports of the second set of optical ports (42) of the selector interface, the selector (44) being rotatable relative to the selector interface (40) to facilitate the selection by optically aligning the first set of optical ports (30) to the second set of optical ports (42) of the selector interface (40); the selector (44) being configured to be continuously relatively rotatable over multiple rotations, to selectively optically couple the first set of optical ports (30) to a different set of ports of the second set of optical ports of the selector interface.

公开(公告)号：US20150253509A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-10

申请号：US14430836

申请日：2013-09-24

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC

Inventor： Christopher Ralph Pescod ,  Mohammed Nawaz

IPC: G02B6/35 ,  H04Q11/00 ,  G02B6/36

CPC classification number: G02B6/3604 ,  H04B10/032 ,  H04B10/25 ,  H04J14/0254

Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating an optical rotating joint (2); comprising: providing redundancy for camera sensor signals to be passed through an optical rotating joint (2) by: (i) passing signals from a plurality of camera sensors (28, 30) via an optical changeover switching arrangement (70) to the optical rotating joint (2); and/or (ii) passing signals for a plurality of camera sensors (28, 30) toward the camera sensors (28, 30) from the optical rotating joint (2) via an optical changeover switching arrangement (70). The signals may be sensor control signals or sensor output signals to/from a plurality of sensors (26, 28, 30), for example camera sensors. The apparatus may further comprise one or more wavelength division multiplexers (68, 94) and/or wavelength division demultiplexers (66, 95).

Abstract translation: 一种用于操作光学旋转接头（2）的方法和装置; 包括：通过以下步骤提供要通过光学旋转接头（2）的相机传感器信号的冗余：（i）经由光学转换切换装置（70）将来自多个相机传感器（28,30）的信号传递到光学旋转 关节（2）; 和/或（ii）经由光学切换开关装置（70）从光学旋转接头（2）向相机传感器（28,30）传递用于多个照相机传感器（28,30）的信号。 这些信号可以是来自多个传感器（26,28,30）的传感器控制信号或传感器输出信号，例如相机传感器。 该装置还可以包括一个或多个波分复用器（68,94）和/或波分多路分解器（66,95）。

公开(公告)号：US09810849B2

公开(公告)日：2017-11-07

申请号：US14430839

申请日：2013-09-24

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc

Inventor： Christopher Ralph Pescod ,  Mohammed Nawaz

IPC: G02B6/36 ,  H04J14/02 ,  H04B10/25 ,  H04Q11/00

CPC classification number: G02B6/3604 ,  H04B10/2504 ,  H04J14/02 ,  H04Q11/0005 ,  H04Q2011/0037

Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating an optical rotating joint (2); comprising: routing optical signals through an optical rotating joint (2) by using a first optical circulator (64) on a first side of the optical rotating joint (2) to receive an optical signal and direct the optical signal onward to a first side of the optical rotating joint (2), and using a second optical circulator (93) on a second side of the optical rotating joint (2) to receive the optical signal from the second side of the optical rotating joint (2) and direct it onwards. The signals may be sensor control signals or sensor output signals to/from a plurality of sensors (26, 28, 30), for example camera sensors. The apparatus may further comprise one or more wavelength division multiplexers (68, 94) and/or wavelength division demultiplexers (66, 95).