Abstract:
An apparatus and method for controlling an optical interferometer are provided. The method includes setting a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) temperature of the optical interferometer to a room temperature, obtaining an optimal temperature using a difference between two output powers of the optical interferometer based on eye opening of the two output powers and applying an optimal heat voltage generating the optimal temperature to a delay adjuster of the optical interferometer, and performing dithering at the optimal temperature to stabilize the optimal heat voltage.
Abstract:
Provided is an optical transponder that receives a tributary signal such as a SDH/SONET signal, a GbE (Gigibit Ethernet) signal, and a SAN (Storage Area Network) signal in a WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) transmission system and a SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy)/SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) system, and more particularly, to an optical transponder having a switching function. The optical transponder having a switching function includes: a switch changing a data path of an input tributary signal from a plurality of channels (ports); an STM-64/OC-192 mapper/demapper mapping the tributary signal switched to a different data path by the switch to an STM-64/OC-192 signal or demapping the STM-64/OC-192 signal to the tributary signal; and a transmission delay time compensator compensating for a differential delay caused by a transmission route difference on an optical fiber link when the STM-64/OC-192 signal is demapped to the tributary signal.
Abstract:
An optical transponder which can be reconfigured in accordance with various types of client networks is provided. A client network interface transceiver includes a connector comprising a first connection terminal providing a unit transmitting and receiving a plurality of first clock signals, a plurality of second clock signals, and a plurality of data signals to and from the digital wrapper; a second connection terminal providing a unit transmitting and receiving a supervision/control signal and a CPU-related signal to and from the supervision/controlling unit; and a power source terminal providing a unit to which a power source is supplied. The client network interface transceiver multiplexes a client signal transmitted from the client network or demultiplexes a signal transmitted from an optical transmission network, outputs the client signal and the signal, and can be replaced through a front panel of the optical transponder line card in accordance with types of client networks.
Abstract:
A method of transmitting data in an optical transport network is provided. The method comprises generating an optical transmission unit frame including an in-band area including a first area to which information data is allocated and a second area to which the information data is not allocated and an out-band area including parity information and transmitting the data through the optical transmission unit frame.
Abstract:
An optical transceiver includes: a transmission unit configured to convert a first electrical signal into a first optical signal and transmit the converted first optical signal; a first power supply unit configured to supply power to the transmission unit; and a controller configured to control the first power supply unit, wherein the controller controls an operation of the first power supply unit according to whether or not the first electrical signal is inputted to the transmission unit.
Abstract:
A method of transmitting data in an optical transport network is provided. The method comprises generating an optical transmission unit frame including an in-band area including a first area to which information data is allocated and a second area to which the information data is not allocated and an out-band area including parity information and transmitting the data through the optical transmission unit frame.
Abstract:
An optical transmitter is provided which optimizes DC bias voltage input to an optical modulator employing a duo-binary modulation scheme. The optical transmitter including a signal combiner which converts an electrical signal for optical transmission into a high-speed electrical signal, and an optical modulator which receives and modulates the high-speed electrical signal from the signal combiner further includes a frequency divider to divide frequency of a sinusoidal watchdog clock signal from the signal combiner and to output the divided signal to be added to direct current (DC) bias voltage input to the optical modulator; and a bias voltage modifier to adjust the DC bias voltage by analyzing the modulated electrical signal from the optical modulator. Accordingly, it is possible to conveniently optimize the DC bias voltage with a simple design.
Abstract:
An optical communication system and method using Manchester encoded signal remodulation are provided. The optical communication system includes a transmitter generating and transmitting a Manchester encoded optical signal including a first data stream, and a receiver receiving an optical signal obtained by dividing power of the Manchester encoded optical signal into two parts and modulating one of the two parts to include a second data stream, and recovering the second data stream. In two-way communication, the optical communication system and method allow one party to generate and transmit a Manchester encoded signal (i.e., a downstream signal) to the other party and allow the other party to generate an upstream signal by modulating the optical power of the downstream signal without using a light source.
Abstract:
Provided are an optical transponder that processes a G.709 frame that includes an overhead for operation, administration, and maintenance of an optical channel and an overhead for forward error correction, and a method of detecting and treating errors in optical-channel sublayers of the same. The method includes detecting an error signal or a maintenance signal from a G.709 frame that includes an overhead for operation, administration, and maintenance of an optical channel and an overhead for forward error correction; treating errors in a predetermined layer of a plurality of layers that requires error treatment when the error signal or the maintenance signal is detected or canceled; and investigating a reason for the errors in the predetermined layer.
Abstract:
Provided is a hybrid optical amplifier using a gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier enabling Raman amplification. The hybrid optical amplifier comprises a spool of optical fiber used as transmission line in the optical communication, a GCSOA amplifying optical signal input via the optical fiber and generating a self-oscillation laser beam for gain-clamping through the gain medium, and a backward pumping Raman optical amplifier inducing Raman amplification by emitting the self-oscillation laser beam generated by the GCSOA into the optical fiber. Therefore, the Raman amplification can be obtained with a relatively simple structure using the GCSOA.