Abstract:
A method for scheduling a transmission of packets within a network using a common periodic time window, having a congestion protected section, partitioned into time slots, including time slots dedicated to packets being sensitive to a delay variation.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for logging transient events of an optical fiber span within a fiber optic system, the method comprising the steps of sampling measured values of at least one signal parameter of an optical signal transported through said optical fiber span, OFS; processing the sampled measurement values to detect an occurrence of a transient event during transport of the optical signal through said optical fiber span, OFS; and providing each detected transient event with a time stamp for correlation with other monitored events within said fiber optic system.
Abstract:
There are provided a clock node, a controller, a method of operating the clock node and a method of operating the controller in a time distribution network (TDN) comprising the controller being in data communication with the clock nodes via a control path. The method of operating the clock node comprises: sending, from the clock node via the control path to the controller, a first timestamp-related data; receiving, by the clock node via the control path from the controller, clock-recovery control data generated by the controller using the first timestamp-related data received from the clock node; processing the received clock-recovery control data to extract data usable for phase and frequency recovery; and using the extracted data to steer frequency and phase characterizing the clock node.
Abstract:
A fiber temperature control assembly comprising a spool holding element adapted to hold a fiber spool and a compression element adapted to press fiber windings of a doped optical fiber wound around the fiber spool against said spool holding element being in thermal contact with a heating and/or cooling element of said fiber temperature control assembly.
Abstract:
An asymmetrical network switch adapted to auto-discover and advertise into a traffic engineering, TE, domain a switch detailed connectivity matrix, SDCM, containing for each allowed switching combination of interfaces of said asymmetrical network switch at least one switch detailed connectivity matrix entry, SDCME, wherein each said SDCME represents an internal to said asymmetrical network switch potential connection interconnecting the interfaces of said interface switching combination, wherein a SDCME advertisement includes a switch detailed connectivity matrix entry cost vector, SDCME CV, which comprises a set of attributes describing cost penalties in terms of various service characteristics that a network service incurs if it selects a path or a tree traversing the asymmetrical switch in accordance with the SDCME.
Abstract:
An apparatus comprising high speed ports connected via an integrated high speed serial switch fabric and serializer/deserializer circuits to an internal processing logic, wherein the high speed serial switch fabric is adapted to switch a serial reception signal received by a high speed port to at least one of at least one other high speed port of the apparatus and to the serializer/deserializer circuit of the receiving high speed port.
Abstract:
A network comprising a latency monitoring point adapted to calculate a forward latency of a path between a master node and a slave node on the basis of time stamps which are exchanged periodically between said master node and said slave node by a time alignment protocol used in said network.
Abstract:
A Raman amplifier comprisinga gain control unit adapted to control a pump power of an optical pump signal in response to at least one monitored optical feedback signal reflected back from a transmission line fiber connected to said pumped Raman amplifier.
Abstract:
A transmitter with at least one optical modulator adapted to modulate the optical signal output by a laser source to generate a modulated optical signal, wherein the optical signal output by the laser source is tapped and supplied to a monitoring circuit comprising an optical front end configured to select signal components of the tapped modulated optical signal and to convert the selected signal components of the tapped modulated optical signal into analog signals, and comprising at least one analog-to-digital converter, ADC, adapted to perform equivalent-time sampling of the analog signals to provide digital signals processed by a processing unit to monitor signal quality of the modulated optical signal.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an optical coupler device, especially for monitoring purposes in an optical point-to-point transmission link, which includes a first, a second and a third optical port and is configured to transmit a first optical signal received at the first optical port to the second optical port and to transmit a second optical signal received at the second optical port to the first and third optical port according to a monitoring split ratio with respect to the optical power of the second optical signal, the first and second optical signal having a wavelength lying in a first optical band. The device is further configured to transmit a third and a fourth optical signal received at the third and the second optical port to the respective other optical port, the third and fourth optical signal having a wavelength lying in a second optical band. The device is controllable with respect to the monitoring split ratio and includes a control means adapted to receive a control signal. The control means controls the optical coupler device with respect to the monitoring split ratio such that in a first work the second optical signal is transmitted to the first optical port, only, and in a second work mode a major portion of the optical power of the second signal is transmitted to the first optical port and a minor portion of the optical power of the second signal is transmitted to the third optical port.