-
公开(公告)号:US20210211201A9
公开(公告)日:2021-07-08
申请号:US16578397
申请日:2019-09-22
Applicant: Infinera Corporation
Inventor: Jeffrey T. Rahn , Kuang-Tsan Wu , Steven J. Hand , David F. Welch
Abstract: A network or system in which a hub or primary node may communicate with a plurality of leaf or secondary nodes. The hub node may operate or have a capacity greater than that of the leaf nodes. Accordingly, relatively inexpensive leaf nodes may be deployed to receive data carrying optical signals from, and supply data carrying optical signals to, the hub node. One or more connections may couple each leaf node to the hub node, whereby each connection may include one or more spans or segments of optical fibers, optical amplifiers, optical splitters/combiners, and optical add/drop multiplexer, for example. Optical subcarriers may be transmitted over such connections, each carrying a data stream. The subcarriers may be generated by a combination of a laser and a modulator, such that multiple lasers and modulators are not required, and costs may be reduced. As the bandwidth or capacity requirements of the leaf nodes change, the number of subcarriers, and thus the amount of data provided to each node, may be changed accordingly. Each subcarrier within a dedicated group of subcarriers may carry OAM or control channel information to a corresponding leaf node, and such information may be used by the leaf node to configure the leaf node to have a desired bandwidth or capacity.
-
22.
公开(公告)号:US10992389B2
公开(公告)日:2021-04-27
申请号:US16270584
申请日:2019-02-07
Applicant: Infinera Corporation
Inventor: Jeffrey T. Rahn , Kuang-Tsan Wu , Steven Joseph Hand , Han Henry Sun
IPC: H04B10/516 , H04B10/50 , H04J14/02 , H04B10/61 , H04B10/2575
Abstract: Optical network systems and components are disclosed, including a transmitter comprising a digital signal processor receiving a plurality of independent data streams, and supplying a plurality of digital subcarrier outputs, based on the plurality of independent data streams, and configurable to vary the frequency spacing between two or more of the plurality of digital subcarrier outputs; the transmitter configured to output a modulated optical signal including a plurality of optical subcarriers based on the digital subcarrier outputs wherein based on first ones of the plurality of digital outputs, the first one of the plurality of subcarriers is spectrally spaced from the second one of the plurality subcarriers by a first gap, and based on second ones of the plurality of digital outputs, the first one of the plurality of subcarriers is spectrally spaced from the second one of the plurality of subcarriers by a second gap different than the first.
-
公开(公告)号:US20190245643A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-08
申请号:US16270590
申请日:2019-02-07
Applicant: Infinera Corporation
Inventor: Han Henry Sun , Kuang-Tsan Wu , Steven Joseph Hand , Jeffrey T. Rahn
IPC: H04J14/02 , H04B10/50 , H04B10/516
Abstract: Optical network systems and components are disclosed, including a transmitter comprising a digital signal processor that receives data; circuitry that generate a plurality of electrical signals based on the data; a plurality of filters, each of which receiving a corresponding one of the plurality of electrical signals, a plurality of roll-off factors being associated with a respective one of the plurality of filters; a plurality of DACs that receive outputs from the digital signal processor, the outputs being indicative of outputs from the plurality of filters; a laser that supplies light; and a modulator that receives the light and outputs from the DACs, and supplies a plurality of optical subcarriers based on the outputs, such that one of the optical subcarriers has a frequency bandwidth that is wider than remaining ones of the optical subcarriers, said one of the optical subcarriers carrying information for clock recovery.
-
公开(公告)号:US20190089475A1
公开(公告)日:2019-03-21
申请号:US16191974
申请日:2018-11-15
Applicant: Infinera Corporation
Inventor: Fred A. Kish, JR. , Michael Reffle , Jeffrey T. Rahn , John Osenbach , Timothy Butrie , Xiaofeng Han , Mark Missey , Mehrdad Ziari , Peter W. Evans
IPC: H04J14/02 , H04B10/50 , H04B10/079
Abstract: Consistent with the present disclosure, a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) is provided that has 2 N channels (N being an integer). The PIC is optically coupled to N optical fibers, such that each of N polarization multiplexed optical signals are transmitted over a respective one of the N optical fibers. In another example, each of the N optical fibers supply a respective one of N polarization multiplexed optical signals to the PIC for coherent detection and processing. A multiplexer and demultiplexer may be omitted from the PIC, such that the optical signals are not combined on the PIC. As a result, the transmitted and received optical signals incur less loss and amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise. In addition, optical taps may be more readily employed on the PIC to measure outputs of the lasers, such as widely tunable lasers (WTLs), without crossing waveguides.
-
公开(公告)号:US10181696B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-15
申请号:US15398712
申请日:2017-01-04
Applicant: Infinera Corporation
Inventor: Peter W. Evans , Jeffrey T. Rahn , Vikrant Lal , Miguel Iglesias Olmedo , Amir Hosseini , Parmijit Samra , Scott Corzine , Ryan W. Going
IPC: H01S5/06 , H01S5/024 , H01S5/026 , H01S5/042 , H01S5/10 , H01S5/22 , H01S5/30 , G02B6/28 , H04B10/50 , H04B10/61 , G02F1/225 , H04B10/2507 , H04B10/40 , H04B10/67 , H01S5/0625 , H01S5/12 , H01S5/20 , H01S5/32
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an optical receiver including a laser including a gain section; and a first tunable reflector configured to output a reference signal; a first coupler formed over the substrate; a shutter variable optical attenuator formed over the substrate, the shutter variable optical attenuator including an input port configured to receive the first portion of the reference signal from the laser; and an output port configured to provide or to block, based on a control signal, the first portion of the reference signal from the laser; and a second coupler including a first port configured to receive the first portion of the reference signal from the shutter variable optical attenuator; and a second port configured to (i) provide the first portion of the reference signal from the shutter variable optical attenuator to an optical analyzer or (ii) receive a data signal from a transmitter.
-
公开(公告)号:US20180323879A9
公开(公告)日:2018-11-08
申请号:US15398712
申请日:2017-01-04
Applicant: Infinera Corporation
Inventor: Peter W. Evans , Jeffrey T. Rahn , Vikrant Lal , Miguel Iglesias Olmedo , Amir Hosseini , Parmijit Samra , Scott Corzine , Ryan W. Going
CPC classification number: H01S5/1017 , G02B6/12004 , G02B6/2813 , G02B26/04 , G02B2006/12121 , G02F1/2255 , G02F1/2257 , G02F2001/212 , G02F2201/58 , H01S5/02453 , H01S5/02461 , H01S5/0261 , H01S5/0425 , H01S5/0612 , H01S5/06256 , H01S5/1003 , H01S5/1014 , H01S5/1215 , H01S5/2081 , H01S5/22 , H01S5/3013 , H01S5/3214 , H01S2301/176 , H04B10/2507 , H04B10/40 , H04B10/503 , H04B10/616 , H04B10/67
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an optical receiver including a laser including a gain section; and a first tunable reflector configured to output a reference signal; a first coupler formed over the substrate; a shutter variable optical attenuator formed over the substrate, the shutter variable optical attenuator including an input port configured to receive the first portion of the reference signal from the laser; and an output port configured to provide or to block, based on a control signal, the first portion of the reference signal from the laser; and a second coupler including a first port configured to receive the first portion of the reference signal from the shutter variable optical attenuator; and a second port configured to (i) provide the first portion of the reference signal from the shutter variable optical attenuator to an optical analyzer or (ii) receive a data signal from a transmitter.
-
公开(公告)号:US20180323877A9
公开(公告)日:2018-11-08
申请号:US15398714
申请日:2017-01-04
Applicant: Infinera Corporation
Inventor: Peter W. Evans , Jeffrey T. Rahn , Vikrant Lal , Miguel Iglesias Olmedo , Amir Hosseini , Parmijit Samra , Scott Corzine , Ryan W. Going
IPC: H04B10/50 , H04B10/40 , H04B10/67 , H04B10/2507 , G02F1/225
CPC classification number: H04B10/503 , G02B6/2813 , G02F1/2255 , G02F1/2257 , G02F2001/212 , H01S5/02453 , H01S5/02461 , H01S5/0261 , H01S5/0425 , H01S5/0612 , H01S5/06256 , H01S5/1003 , H01S5/1014 , H01S5/1017 , H01S5/1215 , H01S5/2081 , H01S5/22 , H01S5/3013 , H01S5/3214 , H01S2301/176 , H04B10/2507 , H04B10/40 , H04B10/616 , H04B10/67
Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an optical receiver including an optical source, including a substrate; a laser provided on the substrate, the laser having first and second sides and outputting first light from the first side and second light from the second side, the first light output from the first side of the laser has a first power and the second light output from the second side has a second power; and a first modulator that receives the first light and a second modulator that receives the second light, such that the power of the first light at an input of the first modulator is substantially equal to the power of the second light at an input of the second modulator.
-
公开(公告)号:US20220376781A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-24
申请号:US17561945
申请日:2021-12-25
Applicant: Infinera Corporation
Inventor: Jeffrey T. Rahn , Kuang-Tsan Wu , Steven J. Hand , David F. Welch
IPC: H04B7/26 , H04B10/50 , H04B10/548 , H04B10/61 , H04B10/69 , H04J14/02 , H04L1/00 , H04L5/00 , H04J14/08 , H04J14/00 , H04B10/077 , H04B10/079 , H04B10/25 , H04B10/40 , H04Q11/00 , H04B10/2575 , H04J99/00
Abstract: A network or system in which a hub or primary node may communicate with a plurality of leaf or secondary nodes. The hub node may operate or have a capacity greater than that of the leaf nodes. Accordingly, relatively inexpensive leaf nodes may be deployed to receive data carrying optical signals from, and supply data carrying optical signals to, the hub node. One or more connections may couple each leaf node to the hub node, whereby each connection may include one or more spans or segments of optical fibers, optical amplifiers, optical splitters/combiners, and optical add/drop multiplexer, for example. Optical subcarriers may be transmitted over such connections, each carrying a data stream. The subcarriers may be generated by a combination of a laser and a modulator, such that multiple lasers and modulators are not required, and costs may be reduced. As the bandwidth or capacity requirements of the leaf nodes change, the number of subcarriers, and thus the amount of data provided to each node, may be changed accordingly. Each subcarrier within a dedicated group of subcarriers may carry OAM or control channel information to a corresponding leaf node, and such information may be used by the leaf node to configure the leaf node to have a desired bandwidth or capacity.
-
公开(公告)号:US20220376780A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-24
申请号:US17561805
申请日:2021-12-24
Applicant: Infinera Corporation
Inventor: Jeffrey T. Rahn , Kuang-Tsan Wu , Steven J. Hand , David F. Welch
IPC: H04B7/26 , H04B10/50 , H04B10/548 , H04B10/61 , H04B10/69 , H04J14/02 , H04L1/00 , H04L5/00 , H04J14/08 , H04J14/00 , H04B10/077 , H04B10/079 , H04B10/25 , H04B10/40 , H04Q11/00 , H04B10/2575 , H04J99/00
Abstract: A network or system in which a hub or primary node may communicate with a plurality of leaf or secondary nodes. The hub node may operate or have a capacity greater than that of the leaf nodes. Accordingly, relatively inexpensive leaf nodes may be deployed to receive data carrying optical signals from, and supply data carrying optical signals to, the hub node. One or more connections may couple each leaf node to the hub node, whereby each connection may include one or more spans or segments of optical fibers, optical amplifiers, optical splitters/combiners, and optical add/drop multiplexer, for example. Optical subcarriers may be transmitted over such connections, each carrying a data stream. The subcarriers may be generated by a combination of a laser and a modulator, such that multiple lasers and modulators are not required, and costs may be reduced. As the bandwidth or capacity requirements of the leaf nodes change, the number of subcarriers, and thus the amount of data provided to each node, may be changed accordingly. Each subcarrier within a dedicated group of subcarriers may carry OAM or control channel information to a corresponding leaf node, and such information may be used by the leaf node to configure the leaf node to have a desired bandwidth or capacity.
-
公开(公告)号:US11483066B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-25
申请号:US16578391
申请日:2019-09-22
Applicant: Infinera Corporation
Inventor: Jeffrey T. Rahn , Kuang-Tsan Wu , Steven J Hand , David F. Welch
IPC: H04B7/26 , H04B10/50 , H04B10/548 , H04B10/61 , H04B10/69 , H04J14/02 , H04L1/00 , H04L5/00 , H04J14/08 , H04J14/00 , H04B10/077 , H04B10/079 , H04B10/25 , H04B10/40 , H04J99/00 , H04Q11/00 , H04B10/2575
Abstract: A network or system in which a hub or primary node may communicate with a plurality of leaf or secondary nodes. The hub node may operate or have a capacity greater than that of the leaf nodes. Accordingly, relatively inexpensive leaf nodes may be deployed to receive data carrying optical signals from, and supply data carrying optical signals to, the hub node. One or more connections may couple each leaf node to the hub node, whereby each connection may include one or more spans or segments of optical fibers, optical amplifiers, optical splitters/combiners, and optical add/drop multiplexer, for example. Optical subcarriers may be transmitted over such connections, each carrying a data stream. The subcarriers may be generated by a combination of a laser and a modulator, such that multiple lasers and modulators are not required, and costs may be reduced. As the bandwidth or capacity requirements of the leaf nodes change, the number of subcarriers, and thus the amount of data provided to each node, may be changed accordingly. Each subcarrier within a dedicated group of subcarriers may carry OAM or control channel information to a corresponding leaf node, and such information may be used by the leaf node to configure the leaf node to have a desired bandwidth or capacity.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-