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公开(公告)号:US20200336290A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-22
申请号:US16445198
申请日:2019-06-18
发明人: Istvan HALLER , Krzysztof JOZWIK , Hitesh BALLANI , Paolo COSTA , Benn Charles THOMSEN , Foteini KARINOU , Daniel Jonathan Finchley CLETHEROE , Kai SHI , Sophie Gloria LANGE
摘要: In various examples there is a communications network comprising a plurality of nodes connected via an interconnection medium to form a receive-from-many communications network. The network has a synchronisation mechanism which synchronizes a signal frequency of the nodes. The network has at least one store holding signal amplitude data of signals previously sent between specified pairs of nodes of the communications network. An amplitude controller uses the stored data to adjust amplitudes of signals communicated between at least one of the pairs of nodes of the communications network.
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公开(公告)号:US20190132112A1
公开(公告)日:2019-05-02
申请号:US15857321
申请日:2017-12-28
发明人: Hitesh BALLANI , Paolo COSTA , Hugh David Paul WILLIAMS , István HALLER , Krzysztof JOZWIK , Benn Charles THOMSEN , Kari Aaron CLARK , Adam Christopher FUNNELL , Philip Michael WATTS , Kai SHI , Thomas Michael Hoare GERARD
摘要: There is a communications network node comprising a transmitter or a receiver configured to communicate with a plurality of other nodes via an interconnection medium interconnecting the node and the other nodes. The node is frequency synchronized with regard to signal transmission or reception, via a frequency synchronization mechanism, with at least one of the other nodes. The node has at least one store holding phase data relating to an amount of phase asynchrony and path characteristics between the node and at least one of the other nodes. A phase controller uses the stored data to adjust phase used by the node such that the recovery of data when communicating with at least one other node is facilitated.
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公开(公告)号:US20230125673A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-27
申请号:US18087429
申请日:2022-12-22
发明人: Hitesh BALLANI , Christian L. BELADY , Lisa Ru-Feng HSU , Winston Allen SAUNDERS , Paolo COSTA , Douglas M. CARMEAN , Kai SHI , Charles BOECKER
IPC分类号: H04J14/02
摘要: A system for interconnecting a plurality of computing nodes includes a plurality of optical circuit switches and a plurality of electrical circuit switches. A first network stage comprises a first plurality of circuit switches selected from among the plurality of optical circuit switches and the plurality of electrical circuit switches. Each computing node among the plurality of computing nodes is optically coupled to at least one of the first plurality of circuit switches. A second network stage comprises a second plurality of circuit switches selected from among the plurality of optical circuit switches and the plurality of electrical circuit switches. Each circuit switch among the first plurality of circuit switches is optically coupled to each circuit switch among the second plurality of optical circuit switches.
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公开(公告)号:US20220140934A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-05
申请号:US17173052
申请日:2021-02-10
发明人: Hitesh BALLANI , Christian L. BELADY , Lisa Ru-Feng HSU , Winston Allen SAUNDERS , Paolo COSTA , Douglas M. CARMEAN , Kai SHI , Charles BOECKER
IPC分类号: H04J14/02
摘要: A system for interconnecting a plurality of computing nodes includes a plurality of optical circuit switches and a plurality of electrical circuit switches. A first network stage comprises a first plurality of circuit switches selected from among the plurality of optical circuit switches and the plurality of electrical circuit switches. Each computing node among the plurality of computing nodes is optically coupled to at least one of the first plurality of circuit switches. A second network stage comprises a second plurality of circuit switches selected from among the plurality of optical circuit switches and the plurality of electrical circuit switches. Each circuit switch among the first plurality of circuit switches is optically coupled to each circuit switch among the second plurality of optical circuit switches.
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公开(公告)号:US20240195511A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-13
申请号:US18399672
申请日:2023-12-28
发明人: Kai SHI , Paolo COSTA , Hitesh BALLANI , Istvan HALLER , Daniel Jonathan Finchley CLETHEROE , Sophie Gloria LANGE , Raphael Eric Alfred BEHRENDT , Foteini KARINOU , Krzysztof JOZWIK
IPC分类号: H04B10/69 , H04B10/508 , H04B10/516
CPC分类号: H04B10/6971 , H04B10/508 , H04B10/516
摘要: A switching network for effecting point-to-point communication between nodes has a time-varying switching configuration, which causes successive activation and deactivation of multiple channels of the switching network, a first of the channels connecting, when activated, a transmitter node and a first receiver node, and a second of the channels connecting, when activated, the transmitter node and a second receiver node. In a training phase, a method comprises: transmitting from the transmitter node via each channel a known training signal, to cause each receiver node to receive a distorted training signal, using the first distorted training signal and knowledge of the first known training signal to determine respective one or more transmit-side equalizer (EQ) coefficients for each channel, and storing, in memory accessible to the transmitter node, the first transmit-side EQ coefficients, in association with each channel, for use in conducting scheduled communications over the switching network in a communications phase.
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公开(公告)号:US20230314696A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-05
申请号:US17710926
申请日:2022-03-31
发明人: Paolo COSTA , Gilberto BRAMBILLA , Kai SHI , Hitesh BALLANI , Richard James BACA
CPC分类号: G02B6/02038 , G02B6/03633
摘要: A method of fabricating a graded-index polymer optical fibre comprises preparing a cladding composition, the cladding composition comprising either a mixture of a cladding polymer and a dopant or a mixture of a cladding polymer precursor and a dopant; forming cladding from the cladding composition around a core, the core comprising a core polymer; and causing diffusion of the dopant into the core such that the dopant has a continuous concentration gradient, according to which concentration gradient the concentration of the dopant increases with radial distance from a centre of the core. The dopant is a compound having a refractive index which is lower than a refractive index of the core polymer. By distributing the dopant such that the dopant concentration is lowest at the centre of the core, the optical attenuation of the graded-index polymer optical fibre may be reduced. Also provided is a graded-index polymer optical fibre obtainable by the method.
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公开(公告)号:US20230314695A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-05
申请号:US17710961
申请日:2022-03-31
发明人: Paolo COSTA , Gilberto BRAMBILLA , Kai SHI , Hitesh BALLANI , Richard James BACA
CPC分类号: G02B6/02033 , G02B6/02042 , G02B6/02361 , G02B6/3885
摘要: A multi-core optical fibre comprises a plurality of cores embedded in cladding. The cladding comprises a polymer. The cladding has an outer cross-sectional shape with an order of rotational symmetry of less than or equal to 4. By limiting the rotational symmetry of the multi-core optical fibre, rotational alignment of the cores with light sources/light detectors may be made easier. Also provided are optical cables and kits including the multi-core optical fibre, and a method of fabricating a multi-core polymer optical fibre.
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公开(公告)号:US20220345226A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-27
申请号:US17763158
申请日:2020-09-16
发明人: Kai SHI , Paolo COSTA , Hitesh BALLANI , Istvan HALLER , Daniel Jonathan Finchley CLETHEROE , Sophie Gloria LANGE , Raphael Eric Alfred BEHRENDT , Foteini KARINOU , Krzysztof JOZWIK
IPC分类号: H04B10/69 , H04B10/508 , H04B10/516
摘要: A switching network for effecting point-to-point communication between nodes has a time-varying switching configuration, which causes successive activation and deactivation of multiple channels of the switching network, a first of the channels connecting, when activated, a transmitter node and a first receiver node, and a second of the channels connecting, when activated, the transmitter node and a second receiver node. In a training phase, a method comprises: transmitting from the transmitter node via each channel a known training signal, to cause each receiver node to receive a distorted training signal, using the first distorted training signal and knowledge of the first known training signal to determine respective one or more transmit-side equalizer (EQ) coefficients for each channel, and storing, in memory accessible to the transmitter node, the first transmit-side EQ coefficients, in association with each channel, for use in conducting scheduled communications over the switching network in a communications phase.
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公开(公告)号:US20230311438A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-05
申请号:US17710952
申请日:2022-03-31
发明人: Paolo COSTA , Gilberto BRAMBILLA , Kai SHI , Hitesh BALLANI , Richard James BACA
CPC分类号: B29D11/00721 , B29D11/00682 , G02B6/0286 , G02B6/02042 , G02B6/02033
摘要: A method of fabricating a multi-core polymer optical fibre comprises arranging optical fibre preforms in a stack, the optical fibre preforms each comprising a polymer core and polymer cladding surrounding the polymer core; and drawing and bonding the stack to form the multi-core polymer optical fibre. Any contaminants or impurities which collect on outer surfaces of the preforms may be confined to boundaries between the preforms, which may avoid attenuation of signals passed through the cores while at the same time reducing crosstalk between cores of the final manufactured fibre. Also provided is a multi-core polymer optical fibre obtainable by the method.
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公开(公告)号:US20200343680A1
公开(公告)日:2020-10-29
申请号:US16450093
申请日:2019-06-24
发明人: Sophie Gloria LANGE , Daniel Jonathan Finchley CLETHEROE , Benn Charles THOMSEN , Hitesh BALLANI , Kai SHI , Krzysztof JOZWIK , Foteini KARINOU , Raphael Eric Alfred BEHRENDT , Istvan HALLER , Hugh WILLIAMS , Paolo COSTA
摘要: A wavelength switchable laser is described which has a multi-wavelength laser source configured to generate signals at different wavelengths. The wavelength switchable laser has a wavelength selector with a plurality of electro-optical switches, each electro-optical switch being configurable to transmit or block output of one of the signals from the multi-wavelength source according to the wavelength of the signal.
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