Abstract:
A data communication cable assembly, comprising: a first connector configured to connect to a first device, including a first coherent optical transmitter configured to: receive a first electrical data signal from the first device; and coherently modulate a first optical carrier with the first electrical data signal to generate a first optical data signal; a cable including a first end mechanically coupled to the first connector, wherein the cable comprises at least one optical fiber; and a second connector mechanically coupled to a second end of the cable, and configured to connect to a second device, including a first coherent optical receiver configured to: receive the first optical data signal from the first coherent optical transmitter via the at least one optical fiber; and coherently demodulate the first optical data signal using the first or a second optical carrier to regenerate the first electrical data signal for the second device.
Abstract:
A device and a method for simultaneous full-duplex data and power transmission over a single optical waveguide, which connects a base station and a remote station. At the base station a high power laser source emits a first laser beam for carrying power and a base station low power laser source emits a second laser beam for carrying data over the optical waveguide from the base station to the remote station. An optical interface couples the laser beams into the optical waveguide. The laser beams are received at corresponding first and second remote station optical receivers. At the remote station, a third laser beam is emitted by a remote station low power laser source for carrying data from the remote station to the base station and the beam is received at the base station optical receiver. The wavelengths of the first, second and the third laser beams are distinct.
Abstract:
A memory access system that includes a data sending apparatus, an optical transmission medium, and a data receiving apparatus. The data sending apparatus includes a signal generator, an optical switch, and an optical modulator. The signal generator controls the optical switch to output the optical wave of the wavelength corresponding to the target memory, and the optical wave carries an electrical signal corresponding to an access request, so that an optical signal carrying the access request is directly transmitted from the optical transmission medium to the data receiving apparatus without passing through the optical switch anymore, which avoids noise interference generated when the optical signal passes through the optical switch.
Abstract:
A distributed base station signal transmission system is provided. The system includes a first multiplexing and demultiplexing unit, which is configured to multiplex a downlink signal emitted by the base band unit and output the downlink signal to the remote radio unit, a second multiplexing and demultiplexing unit, which is configured to multiplex an uplink signal emitted by the remote radio unit and output the uplink signal to the base band unit; a first colorless optical module receives and parse the uplink signal and generate the downlink signal; and a second colorless optical module is configured to receive and parse the downlink signal and generate the uplink signal. The present invention requires only one or a pair of fibers to implement interconnection between BBUs and RRUs, and does not need to use a large number of fibers and a metro wavelength division multiplexing network.
Abstract:
For determining equalization parameters for performing equalization for optical signals transmitted by a first device to a second device via an optical band-pass filter, the second device being configured for receiving optical signals output by said optical band-pass filter and transmitted by the first device on a carrier wavelength when said carrier wavelength is comprised in the passband of the optical band-pass filter, said carrier wavelength and/or said passband of the optical band-pass filter being a priori unknown, a monitoring device performs: determining information representative of a level of detuning between the carrier wavelength of the optical signals and the nominal wavelength of the optical band-pass filter; and determining said equalization parameters, on the basis of said determined information representative of the level of detuning between the carrier wavelength of the optical signals and the nominal wavelength of the optical band-pass filter.
Abstract:
A system and method for performing an in-service optical time domain reflectometry test, an in-service insertion loss test, and an in-service optical frequency domain reflectometry test using a same wavelength as the network communications for point-to-point or point-to-multipoint optical fiber networks while maintaining continuity of network communications are disclosed.
Abstract:
An arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) based interconnection network and modular construction method, comprising N1 left nodes, with each left node having N2 ports, N2 right nodes, with each right node having N1 ports, where N1≧N2, N1 and N2 having a greatest common divisor r, and each port having an optical transceiver associated with a fixed wavelength; N1n2 r×1 wavelength multiplexers having their input ports respectively connected with the ports of N1 left nodes, where n2=N2/r; N2n1 1×r wavelength demultiplexers having their output ports respectively connected with the ports of N2 right nodes, where n1=N1/r; n1n2 r×r AWGs connecting the r×1 wavelength multiplexers and the 1×r wavelength demultiplexers r×rn1n2, and each of the r×r AWGs being associated with a wavelength subset {λk|k=0, 1, . . . , r−1}.
Abstract:
The invention is directed to systems and methods for re-arranging optical spectrum utilization so that unallocated portions of the spectrum may be made contiguous. Rearrangement of optical spectrum is accomplished by moving a channel from its initial spectral location to a targeted spectral location by reserving additional spectrum for that channel that at least includes the targeted spectral location, shifting the channel to the targeted location and then collapsing the reserved spectrum around the targeted location to cover the minimal required spectrum for the channel allocation of the channel. In some cases, a secondary channel can be used as an alternate source to carry user traffic while the first channel is shifted to the targeted location.
Abstract:
Aspects of the invention provide transmitters and receivers for managing multiple optical signals. High order modulation, such as phase and/or amplitude modulation, is used to achieve multiple bits per symbol by transporting multiple asynchronous data streams in an optical transport system. One or more supplemental multiplexing techniques such as time division multiplexing, polarization multiplexing and sub-carrier multiplexing may be used in conjunction with the high order modulation processing. This may be done in various combinations to realize a highly spectrally efficient multi-data stream transport mechanism. The system receives a number of asynchronous signals which are unframed and synchronized, and then reframed and tagged prior to the high order modulation. Differential encoding may also be performed. Upon reception of the multiplexed optical signal, the receiver circuitry may employ either direct detection without a local oscillator or coherent detection with a local oscillator.
Abstract:
Techniques are presented herein to facilitate higher bandwidth communications in a data center using existing multi-mode fibers and full-duplex optical communication techniques. A first device transmits to a second device a first optical signal at a first wavelength on a first optical fiber. The first optical signal carries a first portion of Ethernet traffic. The first device receives a second optical signal transmitted at a second wavelength on the first optical fiber from the second device. The second optical signal carries a first portion of Ethernet traffic. On a second optical fiber, the first device transmits to the second device a third optical signal at a third wavelength. The third optical signal carries a second portion of Ethernet traffic. The first device receives a fourth optical signal at a fourth wavelength on the second optical fiber, the fourth optical signal carrying a second portion of Ethernet.