Abstract:
A transmitting apparatus in a transport network performs forward error correcting encoding for each virtual lane set as a multiple of the transmission channels, to generate virtual frames including independent parity bytes for each virtual lane. The generated virtual frames are transmitted through at least one transmission channel. In addition, a receiving apparatus detects the virtual frames for each virtual lane from a signal received through a transmission channel by using a frame assignment sequence, and performs forward error correcting decoding by using the parity bytes included in the virtual frames detected for each virtual lane.
Abstract:
Provided are a photonic cross-connector system, a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system using the photonic cross-connector system, and an optical communication network based on the WDM system. The photonic cross-connector system includes: an optical coupler branching an input optical signal into a plurality of paths; a wavelength selective switch (WSS) extracting at least one wavelength signal from the input optical signal and outputting the extracted wavelength signal to at least one port; a WDM multi-casting apparatus simultaneously copying and reproducing the input optical signal into different wavelengths and changing modulation methods of the input optical signal into different types of modulation methods; an optical transmitter and/or receiver branching and coupling the input optical signal; and a control system controlling the optical coupler, the WSS, the WDM multicasting apparatus, and the optical transmitter and/or receiver.
Abstract:
Provided are an optical transponder that interfaces a multiprotocol signal and a method of interfacing a multiprotocol signal. The optical transponder includes: an optical transceiver, which optical/electrical converts and multiplexes/demultiplexes an input signal; a reception clock generator, which generates a clock on a reception path; a transmission clock generator, which generates a clock on a transmission path; an optical transport hierarchy (OTH) framer, which processes an OTH signal when the input signal is the OTH signal; a synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH)/synchronous optical network (SONET) framer, which processes an SDH/SONET signal or a gigabit Ethernet (GbE) when the input signal is the SDH/SONET signal or the GbE signal; and a controller which controls the optical transceiver, the reception clock generator, the transmission clock generator, the OTH framer, and the SDH/SONET framer according to the type of the input signal. Accordingly, one optical transponder can receive various types of protocol signals, and thus different optical transponders are not separately required according to a type of a connected signal.
Abstract:
There are provided a method and system for monitoring an optical transmission line. The system for monitoring the optical transmission line includes: an OTDR (optical time-domain reflectometer) transmitting a monitoring light to an optical transmission line, measuring a reflected light or backscattered light to monitor the optical transmission line; an optical amplification unit amplifying the monitoring light transmitted on the optical transmission line by using a gain clamped optical amplifier; and a filter unit removing a component having a wavelength outside a wavelength band of the monitoring light from a backward ASE (amplified spontaneous emission) generated by the optical amplification unit. Accordingly, it is possible to extend an optical transmission line monitoring distance of the OTDR. As a result, it is possible to prevent deterioration of the performance of the OTDR because of the backward ASE.
Abstract:
An optical node capable of supporting a mesh-type optical network is provided. The node includes: N ROADMs, which separate specific wavelength channels from a multiple wavelength channel optical signal that is input from any node constituting the optical network, allows the rest of the wavelength channels to be passed, and combine another added wavelength channel with the passed wavelength channel to allow the combined wavelength channel to be passed; an N×1 optical switch which selects the specific wavelength channel separated from one of the N ROADMs and inputs the specific wavelength channel into an optical transceiver and selects one of the N ROADMs and connects a wavelength channel that is output from the optical transceiver to the selected ROADM; and an electrical cross connect switch which drops a part of electrical signal bandwidth of the specific wavelength channels separated by the ROADM, which is converted into the electrical signals in the optical transceiver, toward an external client and combines the rest of the electrical signal bandwidth with a electrical signal added by the external client to form an electrical signal bandwidth of a wavelength channel and output the electrical signal to the optical transceiver. Accordingly, optical fiber inputs and outputs in various directions can be supported, and the number of WDM transceivers used for each node is remarkably reduced, thereby improving efficiency and economical efficiency of a network.
Abstract:
Provided are a photonic cross-connector system, a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system using the photonic cross-connector system, and an optical communication network based on the WDM system. The photonic cross-connector system includes: an optical coupler branching an input optical signal into a plurality of paths; a wavelength selective switch (WSS) extracting at least one wavelength signal from the input optical signal and outputting the extracted wavelength signal to at least one port; a WDM multi-casting apparatus simultaneously copying and reproducing the input optical signal into different wavelengths and changing modulation methods of the input optical signal into different types of modulation methods; an optical transmitter and/or receiver branching and coupling the input optical signal; and a control system controlling the optical coupler, the WSS, the WDM multicasting apparatus, and the optical transmitter and/or receiver.
Abstract:
Provided are an apparatus and method for maintaining an constant extinction ratio of a laser diode (LD). The apparatus includes: an automatic power control circuit maintaining the constant optical power of the LD; a correlation deriver deriving correlations between a bias current of the LD and a modulation current to maintain the constant extinction ratio of the LD; and a modulation current control circuit controlling the modulation current to maintain constant the extinction ratio of the LD based on the correlations. The apparatus and method do not use a temperature sensor but derive a relationship between variances of a bias current of the LD and a modulation current according to temperature change, control the modulation current based on the relationship, and maintain the constant extinction ratio of the LD.
Abstract:
An optical transmitting apparatus optically modulates a transmitting signal to transmit the signal to an optical receiving apparatus using a phase of two optical carriers having each wavelength, and an optical receiving apparatus demodulates an optical signal having a modulated phase with intensity modulation to detect a transmitting signal.
Abstract:
An optical node capable of supporting a mesh-type optical network is provided. The node includes: N ROADMs, which separate specific wavelength channels from a multiple wavelength channel optical signal that is input from any node constituting the optical network, allows the rest of the wavelength channels to be passed, and combine another added wavelength channel with the passed wavelength channel to allow the combined wavelength channel to be passed; an N×1 optical switch which selects the specific wavelength channel separated from one of the N ROADMs and inputs the specific wavelength channel into an optical transceiver and selects one of the N ROADMs and connects a wavelength channel that is output from the optical transceiver to the selected ROADM; and an electrical cross connect switch which drops a part of electrical signal bandwidth of the specific wavelength channels separated by the ROADM, which is converted into the electrical signals in the optical transceiver, toward an external client and combines the rest of the electrical signal bandwidth with a electrical signal added by the external client to form an electrical signal bandwidth of a wavelength channel and output the electrical signal to the optical transceiver. Accordingly, optical fiber inputs and outputs in various directions can be supported, and the number of WDM transceivers used for each node is remarkably reduced, thereby improving efficiency and economical efficiency of a network.
Abstract:
A plurality of lanes are formed between an Ethernet apparatus and a remote Ethernet apparatus. The Ethernet apparatus determines a transmission rate for transmitting a packet and determines the number of lanes to transmit a packet among a plurality of lanes according to the determined transmission rate. The Ethernet apparatus activates the determined number of lanes of a plurality of lanes and transmits the packet to the remote Ethernet apparatus through the activated lanes. Further, the Ethernet apparatus sets the number of lanes for receiving a packet according to a transmission rate, activates the set number of lanes of a plurality of lanes in a state that can receive the packet according to the set number of lanes, and receives packets that are transmitted from the remote Ethernet apparatus through the activated lanes.