CHANNEL POWER MANAGEMENT IN A BRANCHED OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    1.
    发明公开
    CHANNEL POWER MANAGEMENT IN A BRANCHED OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM 审中-公开
    通道电源管理以分支的光通信系统

    公开(公告)号:EP2510641A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-17

    申请号:EP10836578.4

    申请日:2010-12-08

    IPC分类号: H04J14/02

    摘要: Channel power management may be achieved in a branched optical communication system such that uniform loading is provided across branch channels on a branch drop path without passing information signals that are not intended for the branch terminal to the branch drop path. In general, a system and method consistent with the present disclosure reuses one or more loading signals (e.g., noise bands) from the branch add path to maintain uniform loading in the branch drop path of the same branch. The system and method thus prevents trunk channels from being dropped to a branch terminal when those trunk channels are not intended for the branch terminal.

    CHANNEL POWER MANAGEMENT IN A BRANCHED OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:EP2510641B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-31

    申请号:EP10836578.4

    申请日:2010-12-08

    IPC分类号: H04J14/02

    摘要: Channel power management may be achieved in a branched optical communication system such that uniform loading is provided across branch channels on a branch drop path without passing information signals that are not intended for the branch terminal to the branch drop path. In general, a system and method consistent with the present disclosure reuses one or more loading signals (e.g., noise bands) from the branch add path to maintain uniform loading in the branch drop path of the same branch. The system and method thus prevents trunk channels from being dropped to a branch terminal when those trunk channels are not intended for the branch terminal.

    FLEXIBLE BRANCHING UNIT AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME
    3.
    发明公开
    FLEXIBLE BRANCHING UNIT AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME 有权
    柔性连接单元和系统

    公开(公告)号:EP2537275A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-12-26

    申请号:EP11745198.9

    申请日:2011-02-17

    IPC分类号: H04J14/02

    摘要: Fault tolerance may be achieved in a branched optical communication system such that a fault in one optical path may not affect optical signals coupled from a healthy optical path. In general, a flexible branching unit is configured, when adding and dropping channels, to select channels from a healthy path and not from the faulty path (e.g., a trunk path or a branch path) to prevent non-uniform channel loading on the trunk path after the branching unit. In this manner, a fault detected on the trunk path may not affect signals from the branch path and a fault detected on the branch path may not affect signals from the trunk path, thereby providing fault tolerance. A flexible branching unit may also be capable of adjusting the number and selection of channels that are added and dropped at the branching unit.