Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
398007000 | WDM | 31 |
20080205882 | Extended range for CWDM optical transport - A optical transmission system includes light sources generating light of at least two wavelengths, where any two adjacent wavelengths are separated by less than 10 nm. The wavelengths fall within the zero dispersion zone of an optical fiber, and may be shifted by 1 nm or less to reduce crosstalk effects. | 08-28-2008 |
20090169200 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEX TRANSMISSION - A method for protecting WDM transmission. On the first transmission direction, the first node implements service transmission to the second node by selecting one from the two transmission paths protected by each other, the second node implements two-path reception based on the two transmission paths; on the second transmission direction contrary to the first transmission direction, the second node implements two-path service sending via the two transmission paths protected by each other, the first node implements reception by selecting one from the two transmission paths. A system for implementing the WDM transmission protection and an apparatus thereof. | 07-02-2009 |
20090190920 | OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical apparatus connected to an up and a down transmission lines, comprising an optical amplifier including an optical amplification medium and an excitation light source. The excitation light source supplies an excitation light to the optical amplification medium. An optical supervisory channel (OSC) unit receives OSC optical signals from, and transmits the OSC optical signals to, the up and the down transmission lines. If an output power decrease of the excitation light source due to an random failure is detected, the excitation light is kept unchanged and the OSC unit transmits information of the random failure of the excitation light source via the OSC optical signals to the up and the down transmission lines, and if the OSC unit receives information of an random failure of an excitation light source in another optical apparatus, the output light power of the excitation light source is increased. | 07-30-2009 |
20090196599 | Dispersion compensator, and dispersion compensating method - A dispersion compensator ( | 08-06-2009 |
20090208201 | FAST FAULT NOTIFICATIONS OF AN OPTICAL NETWORK - A method and apparatus for fault notification in an optical network are described herein. In one embodiment, an exemplary process includes detecting at a node that at least a portion of a first unidirectional path of an optical circuit is down, where the first unidirectional path is originated from a first terminating node. In response to the detection, the node signals the first terminating node by removing at least a portion of light of a second unidirectional path in an opposite direction of the first unidirectional path of the optical circuit, to indicate a path between the node and the first terminating node is down. Other methods and apparatuses are also described. | 08-20-2009 |
20090214199 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, NODE DEVICE, AND GMPLS CONTROL METHOD - A node device according to the present invention includes an adjustment unit (GMPLS control unit) for, when an anomaly occurs on a route toward another node device, adjusting weighting of the route, and performs routing in Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) control based on the adjusted weighting. | 08-27-2009 |
20090263122 | Method and apparatus for network diagnostics in a passive optical network - A method and apparatus are described for allowing diagnostics of a Passive Optical Network without significant loss of service to active customer sites. A plurality of primary transmitters operating at a first wavelength band are coupled to an optical switch of an optical network operating at a first wavelength band. A backup transmitter operating at the first wavelength band is coupled to a first input of a wavelength division multiplexer. An optical device operating at a second wavelength band is coupled to a second input of the wavelength division multiplexer. An output of the wavelength division multiplexer is coupled to an input of the optical switch. Outputs of the optical switch are coupled to a plurality of optical splitters. Each splitter has a plurality of optical outputs. The optical switch is reconfigured such that one of the optical switch outputs that was carrying traffic from one of the primary transmitters carries traffic from the backup transmitter after reconfiguring the optical switch. | 10-22-2009 |
20100027990 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED MANAGEMENT THEREOF - Disclosed is a transmission apparatus in which a plurality of elements implement virtually one apparatus. Each element includes at least one main signal package and a monitor control package that is connected to the main signal package via an intra-apparatus bus | 02-04-2010 |
20100034533 | WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXER AND REGENERATIVE REPEATING METHOD IN WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING NETWORK - Disclosed is transponder (optical transmitter/receiver) that has a switch, which switches on and off the loopback of an optical path, to allow the same transponder to implement the transmission/reception end function on an optical path, and the regenerative repeating function at an intermediate point on an optical path. When a new optical path is built, the assignment of the wavelength and the allocation of the incoming and outgoing paths for transmission/reception are set remotely. ( | 02-11-2010 |
20100067900 | Optical waveguide-type wavelength domain switch - An optical waveguide-type wavelength domain switch includes a waveguide-type multi/demultiplexing device laminate comprising three or more laminated waveguide-type multi/demultiplexing devices, a lens system positioned on a demultiplex side of the waveguide-type multi/demultiplexing device laminate, and a reflective optical phase-modulating cell positioned on an opposite side of the waveguide-type multi/demultiplexing device laminate to the lens system. The lens system includes a lens alignment composed of plural lenses in one-to-one correspondence with the waveguide-type multi/demultiplexing devices and having a light-collecting or collimating function in the lens-aligning direction, an image-magnifying optical system having an N:1 (N>1) image-magnifying function arranged on the optical phase-modulating cell side of the lens alignment, an f-f lens (Y) arranged on the optical phase-modulating cell side of the image-magnifying optical system, and having a light-collecting or collimating function in the same direction as the lens-aligning direction of the lens alignment, and an f-f lens (X) having a light-collecting or collimating function in a perpendicular direction to the lens-aligning direction of the lens alignment. | 03-18-2010 |
20100119224 | ENHANCED POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION OF OPTICAL CHANNELS - A device receives, from an optical receiver, performance information associated with an optical channel generated by an optical transmitter, and determines, based on the received performance information, a wavelength that minimizes polarization mode dispersion (PMD) associated with the optical channel. The device also provides, to the optical transmitter, a request to adjust an optical channel wavelength to the determined wavelength. | 05-13-2010 |
20100158512 | Centrally Managed, Self-Survivable Wavelength Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Network - A centrally-managed, colorless, bi-directional wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network (WDM-PON) architecture. The WDM-PON architecture is self-survivable, and can protect network failures in, for example, distribution/feeder fiber, remote node and laser failure. The WDM-PON architecture requires only N-wavelength channels for N optical network units. | 06-24-2010 |
20100172644 | Optical Transmission Equipment And Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer - An optical transmission equipment includes an optical amplifier that is coupled to an optical transmission path and amplifies a first optical signal which is received from the optical transmission path, a first controller that controls the optical amplifier depending on a first optical power of output light from the optical amplifier and a second optical power of reflecting light to the optical amplifier, an optical coupler that branches a second optical signal from the optical amplifier into a first output and a second output, an optical demultiplexer that demultiplexes the first output of the optical coupler, an optical switch or attenuator that receives the second output of the optical coupler, and a second controller that controls the optical switch or attenuator depending on a third optical power of output light from the optical switch or attenuator and a fourth optical power of reflecting light to the optical switch or attenuator. | 07-08-2010 |
20100260496 | OPTICAL NETWORK WITH SHARED LASER ARRAY - Method and apparatus for operating for operating an optical network including a shared laser array are disclosed. An example apparatus includes include a first plurality of N lasers. Each laser of the first plurality of N lasers is configured to output a respective optical seed signal having a respective wavelength. The example apparatus further includes a first optical coupler coupled with the first plurality of N lasers. In the example embodiment, the first optical coupler is configured to multiplex the respective optical seed signals of the first plurality of N lasers onto a plurality of N optical fibers. In this example, each optical fiber of first plurality of N optical fibers transmits each of the respective optical seed signals produced by the plurality of N lasers to a respective distribution node for distribution to N respective optical network units, where the optical network units use the optical seed signals to seed respective optical transmitters located at the N optical network units. | 10-14-2010 |
20110091202 | Method for Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching Routing to Support Wavelength Switched Optical Network Signal Characteristics and Network Element Compatibility Constraints - An apparatus comprising a network element (NE) configured to support routing-associated signal compatibility constraint information that is associated with the NE using Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) and an open shortest path first (OSPF) routing protocol, wherein the signal compatibility constraint information comprises a modulation type list, a Forward Error Correction (FEC) type list, a bit rate range list, and an acceptable client signal list, and wherein the signal compatibility constraint information is associated with a resource block (RB) pool for a plurality of NEs. Also disclosed is a network component comprising a transmitter unit configured to transmit signal compatibility constraints via GMPLS OSPF routing, wherein the signal compatibility constraints comprise a modulation type list, a FEC type list, a bit rate range list, and an acceptable client signal list. | 04-21-2011 |
20120076490 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING IMPAIRMENT INFORMATION, NODE, AND NETWORK SYSTEM - The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communication technologies, and disclose a method for transmitting impairment information, a node, and a network system. The method for transmitting impairment information includes: receiving, by a first node on a path, first impairment information from a previous hop node, and updating the first impairment information to obtain physical impairment parameters of all or a part of available wavelengths at the first node; deleting a wavelength whose physical impairment parameter at the first node exceeds a preset range; and sending second impairment information to a next hop node of the first node when a residual wavelength still exists after the wavelength whose impairment parameter exceeds the preset range is deleted. The second impairment information includes a physical impairment parameter of the residual wavelength at the first node. | 03-29-2012 |
20120114326 | AUTOMATIC RECOVERING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NODE RESOURCE STATE IN DENSE WAVELENGHT DIVESION MULTIPLEXING BASED AUTOMATIC SWITHCHED OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for automatically restoring node resource state in the Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing Based Automatic Switched Optical Network (WSON) system. This method comprises the following steps: using each node in the WSON system as an initiation node and notifying the resource state of the initiation node to a neighboring node; the neighboring node comparing the received resource state of the initiation node with the resource state of the present end; and under the condition that the resource state of the initiation node and that of the neighboring node are inconsistent, according to the actual resource state, determining one of the initiation node and the neighboring node to be the node whose resource is occupied, and automatically releasing the resource of the node. The present invention also provides an apparatus for automatically restoring node resource state in the WSON system. The present invention can effectively detect the problem of inconsistent wavelength resource in the WSON system caused by abnormal status, and can automatically correct the resource state information, release the link bandwidth resource occupied incorrectly, at the same time enhance the fault-tolerant capability and the stability of the WSON system. | 05-10-2012 |
20120230672 | OPTICAL NETWORK ELEMENT - An optical network element is provided and contains a tunable laser source and a resonator coupled with the tunable laser source. The resonator has a length that determines a distance between modes of the tunable laser source and failures during a mode transition time between modes of the tunable laser source are correctable via error correction measures. Furthermore, a communication system contains such an optical network element. | 09-13-2012 |
20120237201 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND NETWORK PROTECTION METHOD - A transmission apparatus includes a processor configured to recognize a number of working failures and a number of protection failures on a network for transmission of wavelength-multiplexed signal light, the number of working failures being the number of failures in signal light in wavelengths at a working entity and the number of protection failures being the number of failures in signal light in wavelengths at a protection entity, configured to perform path switching for each group of signal light in wavelengths that are different from each other and configured to select, when multiple failures occur, restoration processing, on a basis of the number of working failures and the number of protection failures. | 09-20-2012 |
20130039643 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An optical communication system including optical transmission systems each includes a transmission processing unit and a receiving processing unit, wherein the transmission processing unit includes an optical transmission unit that converts electric signals into optical signals, an auxiliary optical transmission unit that converts a part of the electric signals into an optical signal having a wavelength other than wavelengths of the optical signals generated by the optical transmission unit, and outputs the generated optical signal to a different transmission processing unit, and a wavelength multiplexing unit, and the receiving processing unit includes a wavelength demultiplexing unit, an optical receiving unit that converts the optical signals having the wavelengths of the optical signals generated by the optical transmission unit into electric signals, respectively, and an auxiliary optical receiving unit that converts the optical signal having the wavelength of the optical signal generated by the auxiliary optical transmission unit. | 02-14-2013 |
20130089319 | Optical Wavelength Division Multiplex (WDM) Transmission System - The present invention embraces an optical wavelength division multiplex (WDM) transmission system, especially a WDM passive optical network, typically including a central node having a first and a second WDM port and a remote node having a first and a second WDM port and a plurality of channel ports, the central node first WDM port being connected to the remote node first WDM port via a bidirectional single-fiber optical working path and the central node second WDM port being connected to the remote node second WDM port via a single-fiber bidirectional optical protection path, and a group of basic optical node units (ONU's) each of which is connected to a respective remote node channel port via a bidirectional optical ONU path, each ONU including an optical receiver for receiving a downstream optical channel signal and an optical tunable transmitter for creating an upstream channel signal. | 04-11-2013 |
20130223837 | OPTICAL ADD-DROP MULTIPLEXER BRANCHING UNIT AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An optical add-drop multiplexer branching unit and its control method are provided according to the present disclosure. The optical add-drop multiplexer branching unit includes: four wavelength division multiplexers WDM1 to WDM4 and a first optical switch module, where WDM1 to WDM4 are configured to divide or combine wavelengths of signals; the first optical switch module is configured to control connection and disconnection of signals that leave and enter the four wavelength division multiplexers; the first optical switch module includes port | 08-29-2013 |
20140003803 | METHOD FOR DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
20140037284 | DIVERGING DEVICE WITH OADM FUNCTION AND WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention does not require control and path switching by terminal station equipment and prevents the deterioration of signal quality when a cable failure occurs. A wavelength diverging device connected with three or more stations monitors an uplink signal received from each station, and when detecting the absence of an uplink signal received from any station, outputs dummy light instead of the absent signal, performs multiplexing/de-multiplexing for the dummy light and an uplink signal received from a station excluding said any station, and outputs the multiplexed/de-multiplexed signal. All of said processes are performed within the wavelength diverging device. | 02-06-2014 |
20140099098 | FAULT RECOVERY IN BRANCHED OPTICAL NETWORKS - A system and method for fault recovery in a branched optical network. In response to a fault, power distribution in channels on recovering digital line segments is adjusted to minimize a merit function based on one or more system parameters. | 04-10-2014 |
20140328583 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL DARK SECTION CONDITIONING - Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to optical dark section conditioning. An embodiment generates at least one of a broadband noise or signal at the head end of a section for a first module of the section; and operates all other modules of the section in gain control mode. | 11-06-2014 |
20140355976 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - The optical transmission device includes an N×N optical switch, an optical packet receiver and an optical packet generation unit. The N×N optical switch transmits data in which a plurality of optical signals each having a different wavelength is multiplexed. The optical packet receiver detects change in the number of wavelengths of optical signals constituting the data. The optical packet generation unit generates, when the change is detected by the optical packet receiver, data to be transmitted by the N×N optical switch, using optical signals for the number of wavelengths after the change. | 12-04-2014 |
20160036553 | NODE APPARATUS - The present invention provides a node apparatus, where two N×N wavelength selective switches are used to form a parallel-connected structure, and two ends of each power splitter are separately connected to input ends of the N×N wavelength selective switches, and two ends of each power combiner are separately connected to output ends of the N×N wavelength selective switches, thereby transferring route switching selection work originally performed between multiple 1×M wavelength selective switches to the inside of the N×N wavelength selective switch for implementation. Compared with an original structure using discrete components, the node apparatus is simplified, and when a traffic volume expands, the number of module slots on a line side does not need to be increased, thereby reducing usage costs eventually. The present invention is used for signal transmission in a node. | 02-04-2016 |
20160056885 | OPTICAL NETWORK TERMINAL WITH FUNCTIONS OF DETECTING AND RECOVERING FROM FAILURES, BLOCKING SUPPLIED POWER, AND STORING INFORMATION, AND METHOD OF DETECTING CONTINUOUS OPTICAL OUTPUT USING THE SAME - An optical network terminal with functions of detecting, recovering and blocking failures, and storing the information according to the present invention comprises: an uplink carrying out a function to communicate with a high level system; a communication port distributing or integrating the communication; a CPU managing distribution and integration of the communication; and a system power source for supplying power to the uplink, the communication port and the CPU, wherein the uplink comprises an optical module carrying out optical communication with the high level system; a MAC module controlling optical communication with the high level system; and a failure detection, recovery and blocking module for detecting optical output of the optical module, recovering failures and blocking optical output outside the MAC module. In accordance with the present invention, faster and specific failure solution can be provided using a low-cost microprocessor and its storage media. | 02-25-2016 |
20160056913 | STATION-SIDE TERMINAL APPARATUS, OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORK, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The station-side terminal apparatus for the optical access network includes: the station-side terminal apparatus; the subscriber-side terminal apparatuses connected to the station-side terminal apparatus via the optical transmission line; the terminal devices to which mutually different wavelengths are assigned; and the communication failure detecting unit. Each of the terminal devices includes the uplink communication state monitoring unit configured to monitor a state of uplink communication for each registered subscriber-side terminal apparatus, on the basis of the input uplink signal, and the downlink communication failure information extracting unit configured to extract information of a state of downlink communication, which is transmitted from the registered subscriber-side terminal apparatus. The communication failure detecting unit detects a failure of the uplink communication and a failure of the downlink communication, on the basis of the state of the uplink communication and the state of the downlink communication. | 02-25-2016 |
20160173225 | WDM Single Fiber Ring Protection | 06-16-2016 |